Top 10 Steve Jobs online tributes
The days pass since his Wednesday, October 5 death and still people around the continue to raise their voices in tribute. Whereas luminaries from President Obama and Bill Gates to Walt Mossberg have all paid their respects, the most poignant homages have come from ordinary people just wanting to say thanks for changing and making their lives better.
10. Nora Jones: A tribute to Steve Jobs — She first appeared on an Apple stage at 2009?s iPod + music Special Event, sharing the spotlight briefly with Apple’s CEO. The occasion of her second 1 Infinite Loop bow was a decidedly more somber event, singing Bob Dylan’s Forever Young in honor of the fallen genius.
09. Brian Lam: Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole) — I met Steve Jobs while I worked at Gizmodo. He was always a gentleman. Steve liked me and he liked Gizmodo. And I liked him back. Some of my friends who I used to work with at Gizmodo refer to those days as the Good Old Days. That is because those were the days before it all went to shit. That was before we got the iPhone 4 prototype.
08. Mashable: 7 Creative Tributes to Steve Jobs
— Many mourned the death of Steve Jobs, the often-controversial, often-brilliant mind behind Apple. Amidst the sadness came a flood of tributes with mini-shrines and a company-wide memorial ceremony. Those tributes have only become more and more elaborate. How best to remember Jobs than with a little bit of creativity?
07. Bill Gates: — I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’ death … Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.
06. Al Gore: A tribute to Steve Jobs — The former Vice President joined Apple’s board back in March 2003 and has been prominent in his activities since. And, as we’ve learned in Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO has been friends with both Gore and President Bill Clinton over the last 20 years.
05. Top 10 Steve Jobs Cartoon Tributes from Around the World — There is no denying the huge influence Steve Jobs has on the globe culture through his work and products. After his passing last week, it’s not surprising editorial cartoons from around the world have made commentary on his influence and legacy.
04. Jonathan Ive: A tribute to Steve Jobs
— Lots of folks have quoted Ive’s speech to Apple coworkers and the gathered digerati at the company’s 1 Infinite Loop campus on Wednesday, October 19. Now, you can watch the design genius deliver his emotive address, snarky humor and all — yeah, he’s complicated, too.
03. Walt Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I knew — They turned into marathon, 90-minute, wide-ranging, off-the-record discussions that revealed to me the stunning breadth of the man. One minute he’d be talking about sweeping ideas for the digital revolution. The next about why Apple’s current products were awful…
02. AV Club: R.I.P. Steve Jobs — More than just a designer of personal computers, Jobs was in many ways a designer of modern life. His belief that technology should above all be user-friendly forever changed the methods in which we work, communicate, enjoy our entertainment, and even create our own innovations.
01. Apple: Remembering Steve Jobs
Ordinary people paying their respects to a person that changed lives.
— Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by his passion and creativity.
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November 2nd, 2011
Visionaries like Steve Jobs reveal the true secret to the Universe in that nothing is impossible with time, perseverance, and positive visualization. Such a passion for furthering human communication inspires. His legacy will survive generations with names like Edison, Tesla as the greatest inventors and visionaries of all time. As an artist, I draw from these inspirations and advancements in my work and you may enjoy my recent portrait of Mr. Jobs, now In Memoriam
November 23rd, 2011
I actually miss him. I think of him from time to time — still. Marking the days since his passing — wondering how his family is faring these days without him. Thanksgiving is approaching and then Christmas — very difficult times to suffer through the loss of loved ones. I, for one, am thankful for the brilliance and dedication to passion that Steve infused through Apple and therefore to the world and technology.