Steve Jobs RIP

Distance: 6 miles + interval training
Weather: chilly, it is fall after all
Song of the Run: See below

MUSE OF THE DAY
Last night I read on-line about the passing of Steve Jobs and it made me terribly, terribly sad.  I never knew the man but I sat there looking at my computer and just sobbed.  The technology he brought forward are such a presence in my home and life it is almost it is as if I lost a friend and in many ways we have.  He has given the world so much.

The first computer I ever used was an Apple IIc.  I was working for a small theater company and they had their subscriber database on it.  It was on this machine that I learned to understand how to open folders, literally that is what they had back in those days, to search for information and update records.  And it made complete sense!  I was hooked on Apple from that day on.

I have always had a Mac of some sort.  The only time I veered from the Mac platform was when I got a Droid phone. It was the most unintuitive piece of technology I have ever used. I was so happy when I finally had the chance to trade it in and  to get an iPhone.

When I think on how Steve Jobs changed how we communicate, learn and connect, I think back to that Apple IIc and then I look at my iPhone.  I am amazed, and then saddened that we will not get to see what was going to come next from his genius.




I think we should remember these words from a brilliant mind.  I think them even more important since I have just been let go from a job I have had for the last 15 years and I am just starting to look forward to find "Love what you do." Thanks Steve.