kudzurunner
2723 posts
Oct 05, 2011
5:01 PM
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Sad news, just in. Brilliant innovator. I'm a Mac guy. Started on one and never ended up using anything else. He definitely squeezed out all the juice before he went. Few of us live lives like that.
iTunes. iMovie. Whew!
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bluemoose
617 posts
Oct 05, 2011
5:15 PM
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Yes sad news indeed. Though he died way too young it does give one pause to think how long/short a time computers have been around. I started programming on IBM punch cards in the 70's. Soon there will not be a generation that has not grown up with computers.
Odd sort of parallels to the blues world. Not very many blues pioneers around as well.
MBH Webbrain - a GUI guide to Adam's Youtube vids
FerretCat Webbrain - Jason Ricci's vids (by hair colour!)
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eharp
1490 posts
Oct 05, 2011
5:55 PM
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while i was going to michigan state university, my friend went to talk to his counselor one time and told him one of his goals was to have a personal computer. this was in 1979.
the counselor thought he was daft.
i'm sure my friend is in mourning because he's been buying macs from waaaay back. when a new gadget came out, he got it. he's the one that talked me into getting a mac.
macs rule!!
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Stickman
699 posts
Oct 05, 2011
6:25 PM
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sucks!
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RyanMortos
1149 posts
Oct 06, 2011
6:33 PM
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I'm an Apple & PC guy. They both have pluses & minuses, tbh. In the IT field you use what's best for the job at hand & sometimes you switch between the two.
Anywho, this brought a smile to my face, hopefully yours too:
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Steven Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
See My Profile for contact info, etc.
Last Edited by on Oct 06, 2011 6:34 PM
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Greg Heumann
1293 posts
Oct 07, 2011
8:53 AM
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Jobs was an extremely rare man. I spent a career in the computer business and although I never worked for him directly I was very aware of Apple from Day 1, and know many people who worked with him. There are many truly brilliant, creative geniuses in Silicon Valley and around the world. I know a few of them. They are successful. But Jobs had something much more unique. To me, he was the Leonardo DaVinci of our century.
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/Greg
Last Edited by on Oct 07, 2011 8:53 AM
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tqbrady
1 post
Oct 27, 2011
3:20 PM
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Did you guys know he played harmonica? This is the photo on the inside cover of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs that came out this week:
Last Edited by on Oct 27, 2011 3:22 PM
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groyster1
1530 posts
Oct 28, 2011
9:46 AM
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I see that he played mbs and sp20s-wonder how good he was
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