Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic co-founder, died Wednesday at age 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Widely credited with transforming the way people use computers, listen to music, and communicate, Jobs's influence and vision shaped each of Apple's popular devices. Jobs, a college dropout inspired by the spirit of the 60s, founded Apple in a garage with Steve Wozniak in 1976. In a statement on its website, Apple wrote, "Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives."
Steven Levy, a journalist for Wired magazine, and author of "Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, The Computer That Changed Everything" and "The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness," remembers the vision, life, and legacy of Steve Jobs.
Takeaway listeners also talk about how Jobs's products impacted their lives.
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Raymond is right. While most CEOs would hang out on a golf course and worm their way into another golden parachute deal, Jobs spent his unemployment creating a new computer company AND developing a niche movie production studio. He didn't actually create anything new but he had the genius to figure out how to extract something commercially viable from both companies.
Note: it took 9 years for Pixar to produce its first film. Job's vision wasn't immediate. Actual work was required.
In reference to steve jobs... I think we should not be overlook his affect on pixar and animation...
Steve Jobs created wealth and employed tens of thousands. In China.
I still believe Apple's tightly-controlled systems (made for folks with money) are closer to "1984" than the industry he criticized. But I give credit where credit is due: the man was a marketing genius. He took nerdy American boxes and fussy Asian portables and simplified them to the point where buyers ignored the high price just to have the priviledge.
In the world of electronics, Steve Jobs turned Foreign Exchange Students into Ferris Buellers.
Refresh the NEWTON!!
I decided to close all my accounts with washington mutual,when they were taken over by Chase after the collapse.It took a few minutes to open these accounts,It took me literaly weeks to close them,multiple phone calls,trips to the bank and finally loud exchanges at the local bank.In the end they wrote me checks formy money ,and then wanted to charge me to cash the checks that they wrote.I took them to my credit union and deposited them. Now I need to close my Chase credit card before they can screw with it.I pay it off every cycle and in 10 yrs approx have payed interest on it 2- 5 times. Iam done with the financial system in this country an have been takeing Xtra from paychecks and buying building Materials for my house(payed for). Ihave also started investigating a solar panel system as a better investment than the financial mkt
Got my first Mac in 1987 (an SE). Have been a believer ever since. RIP Steve Jobs. http://goo.gl/fziOM #ThankYouSteve
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