Here's to Steve Jobs ... R.I.P.

© johnathan mak http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/9377189056

Apple Inc Co-founder, and former CEO - Steve Jobs - passed away on 5 Oct, 1 day after the launch of iPhone 4S.  Some rumored that it's 4S instead of iPhone 5 as a tribute to him from the new CEO Tim Cook - iPhone 4Steve.  For all you know, it's might have been some supply chain reasons, but it's nicer to romanticize passing of someone who has lived an inspirational life. 


With the way his innovations (iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes) has influenced our lives, Steve Jobs is now a legend and truly belongs in this most memorable 'Think Different' commercial:

Here's to the Crazy Ones
by Craig Tanimoto, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss


Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

One of many Steve Jobs' inspirational quotes:
"If today were the last day of my life, would I do what I'm about to do today?"
And for today, and hopefully for many more days to come, my answer to that question is 

"Yes!"

To commemorate his passing, I just ordered for myself - a refurbished iPad2.