Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
I do not own an Apple product, save the Nano that my boyfriend gave me.
Although I never joined the Apple bandwagon, Steve Jobs’ passing jolted me as it did with the rest of the world today. I never cared for Apple because everyone who owned an iPod five years ago complained about it – it didn’t sync, it was freezing, it wasn’t connecting with the iTunes store – so I didn’t buy the hype. It wasn’t just the iPod either, but my friends’ year-old MacBooks were crashing on them too so I avoided Apple.
I can only assume Apple products improved because it became the standard to be copied and it raised the competition in so many products and services. Jobs’ contributions are practically incalculable with the way we compute, talk on the phone, listen to music, play video games, watch TV, access our information through apps, and even building businesses and concepts around Apple products.
He’s given us Toy Story for goodness sake.
So thank you Steve for doing what you loved. By raising the standard and bringing out the best in your competition, you made technology beautiful for everyone; you will be missed.