Steve Jobs

Derek, this guy Steve Jobs had his hand on everything in the computer world of Silicon Valley. He saved the Apple Company. His company made the computer this blog is being written on. It is 7 years old and still going strong. Apple has become an Icon in our world son. I know you are just a little guy now but you will understand one day. As for you, things are great! You are growing so fast little buddy. You still love your mommy's milk but you are starting to come around to dad being a support person for you. You call for me in the morning now and let me feed you your medicine. You have now started to to say the letter S at times. I think you are going to be talking before we know it. You are a wonderful young man! I love you son! You are growing up so fast!! Tiger Woods is going to play golf here in San Martin today. Unfortunately this nut killed 3 people yesterday in Cupertino as well. I don't know what to make of it. Looks like he snapped for some reason! He is a single dad and had been working for a long time. Aside from that baseball playoffs are going on these days and there is no NBA because greedy people don't want to negociate. There is another group called Occupy Wall Street is literally protesting on Wall Street. I love it son. These guys represent the 99% of Americans who are hurting by the economic downtown. The people who work on Wall Street are making major bucks while the rest of the country is suffering. I will give you a little more info from the web! http://occupywallst.org/ Tributes pour in for 'our Edison' By Mike Swift mswift@mercurynews.com Posted: 10/05/2011 08:27:01 PM PDT Updated: 10/06/2011 04:58:50 AM PDT Related Stories * Oct 6: * As fans continue to mourn, Apple and Wall Street back at work * Oct 5: * Steve Jobs: pop cultural icon * Steve Jobs 1955-2011 * O'Brien: Why we all feel the passing of Steve Jobs so deeply * Jobs family's statement on death of Apple founder * Mercury News editorial: Steve Jobs' passing is a sad milestone * CEO Tim Cook's letter to Apple employees announcing Steve Jobs' death * Live chat: Talk about Steve Jobs' death * Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs is dead * Google, Facebook CEOs and others in tech world react to death of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs Late Wednesday afternoon, Apple (AAPL) switched its Internet home page, normally decked out with its iconic products, to a single image: A full-page portrait of Steve Jobs, tugging his beard and staring intently into the camera with the hint of an impish smile. The man who taught Silicon Valley that its future was limitless was gone. Almost immediately, condolences and praise flowed in -- from President Barack Obama and the valley business titans Jobs had inspired, to the thousands of people who posted Good Morning Silicon Valley * After Steve Jobs, an empty pedestal hugs and tears in 140 characters on Twitter and the children who placed flowers before a small orchard in front of Jobs' Palo Alto home. Apple announced the death of Jobs, who had been suffering from a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday with a somber statement to the media. Jobs, who had stepped down as CEO in August as his health declined, died peacefully earlier Wednesday at his home, surrounded by his family. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative leader, and the world has lost an amazing human being," said the company, which is asking people to email their memories and condolences to rememberingsteve@apple.com. "Steve leaves behind a Advertisement company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." Obama tweeted, "Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. From all of us at #Obama2012, thank you for the work you make possible every day -- including ours." Google (GOOG) also changed its home page, with its characteristic minimalism: "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011" -- a link that led back to Apple's website. Jobs' legacy will always revolve around Apple and Pixar, the studio that created a string of animated Hollywood hits such as the "Toy Story" movies, and the transformational products they created. But he also had a direct and personal impact on the lives and careers of other tech visionaries -- from 27-year- old Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who once hoped to hire him as Google's CEO. When Zuckerberg recently introduced a new Facebook feature called Timeline, a feature the CEO called "the story of your life," his home page had a photo of Jobs, whom Zuckerberg has grown close to in recent years. "Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend," Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page Wednesday. "Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you." Page said that despite Jobs' poor health, the Apple leader reached out to offer his help when Page became Google's CEO in April. "He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it," Page wrote in a posting on Google+. "He was very kind to reach out to me as Flowers lay beside condolences written on the sidewalk in front Steve Jobs Flowers lay beside condolences written on the sidewalk in front Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (Kirstina Sangsahachart / Bay Area News Group) I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well." And the man who once may have been Jobs' fiercest competitor and who later became a friend, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, wrote in a blog post about memories going back nearly 30 years. "The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come," Gates wrote. "I will miss Steve immensely." Jobs was simply, writer-director Albert Brooks wrote on Twitter, "our Edison." Apple CEO Tim Cook informed Apple employees of Jobs' death in an email late Wednesday afternoon, saying the company would soon hold a memorial service for employees. "No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him," Cook told Apple's employees. "We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much." Jobs may have provided his own best eulogy in the commencement address he gave at Stanford in 2005, when he spoke emotionally about quitting school, getting fired from Apple, and being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 49. For many graduates that day, like J.T. Batson of Augusta, Ga., now the president of Donovan Data Systems, Jobs' words that afternoon still resonate. "What hit home for me was his message to wake up every morning and look yourself in the mirror -- and if you're not excited about that day, you need to change what you're doing," Batson said. "And that death is a great motivator, so we all need to take full advantage of our time. Lastly, his advice to 'stay hungry, stay foolish.' I now tell that story to people who work for me." Staff writers Lisa M. Krieger, Karen De Sa and Troy Wolverton contributed to this report. Contact Mike Swift at 408-271-3648. 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