The Amazing Mr. Jobs
When Steve Jobs announced yesterday that he would be stepping down as Apple’s chief executive, it was, for many of us, as if a god had stepped down from Mount Olympus, a hero had laid down his shield and sword and walked off the battlefield.
No one captured the emotional essence of what this news means to the millions of people for whom Apple – and Jobs in particular – had become a shining example of how to do things well, inspired and beautifully than Seth Godin:
I guess this is how a sports fan felt when Joe DiMaggio retired.
Business didn’t used to be personal. Now it is.
Computers didn’t used to make us smile. Now they do.
We didn’t used to care about whether a CEO made one decision or another, or whether or not he was healthy. I do now.
Sure, there was baseball after joltin Joe stopped playing. But it was never quite the same.
Thank you, Steve, for giving us all something to talk about and a way to talk about it with beauty (and fonts). We owe you more than we can say.
Yes, thank you for inspiring us to “Think Different” and to truly live before we die and to bring the best of everything into what we do.
Sending some love your way today, Steve.
My previous tributes to the amazing Mr. Jobs:
Be Different
Steve Jobs, Arbiter of Taste
Steve, I Have a Goddess for You
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My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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