Steve Jobs

August 4, 2005, my journey with apple began. I didn’t know it. all i knew was that the pc laptop i had bought a few months ago had a faulty CD rom, and i got so disgruntled with Futureshop where i bought it that i returned it and used the money to buy my first apple Powerbook. It was the 12in one, and i was getting it second hand from someone who needed a PC to run software that was not available for the Mac. I got that little computer, and fell in love with it. it was built solid like a tank. OS X Tiger ran like a dream compared to Windows. I used that laptop until i upgraded a few years ago to my current MacBook Pro. Now, Erik continues to use it, 6 years later.

Next came the iPod. i can hardly remember the list of iPods I’ve owned over the years. actually, its not that long, come to think of it. I had the Classic, then got a nano for christmas one year and then got a new Nano a few years later. I had really believed in Mini Discs. they were absolutely great. but ultimatley they could not compete with the simplicity of mp3’s, or the size of iPods. over the years my iTunes library grew, and I carried all my music around with me on my iPod. such a funny thing to think that not so long ago, that wasn’t even a possibility.

then came the iPhone. I honestly don’t know what i did before the IPhone. I’m on my 3rd now, having skipped 1.

and where did i read the sad news, that prompted this post? on my iPad, which is my main news consumption device of the day. i save the laptop for photo editing and lengthy blog posts, but otherwise i spend most my time on the iPad these days.

All this technology, that is so integral to my life these days, was brought to market under the guidance of one man. His strong influence and detail of the finer things, have truly brought apple into the spotlight over the last decade.

I am deeply saddened that he will never get to see the continued success of apple over the coming years, after working so hard at making it what it is today.