Apple commemorates tenth anniversary of Steve Jobs passing with homepage
takeover
Benjamin Mayo
Apple is today commemorating the tenth anniversary of Steve Jobs' passing
with a special homepage takeover.
Full bleed imagery of Jobs fills the page and there is a special film that
relives some of Jobs' most memorable quotes.
The website also features a special statement from the Jobs family, which
reads "for all of Steve's gifts, it was his power as a teacher that has
endured,
he taught us to be open to the beauty of the world, to be curious around new
ideas, to see around the next corner, and most of all to stay humble in our
own beginner's mind'".
The statement can be read in full on
www.Apple.com <http://www.Apple.com> .
Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple on April 1, 1976. The company introduced
groundbreaking technology products during his tenure, including the original
Mac
that popularized the graphical user interface as the future of desktop
computing, the iPod which became the most popular digital music player in
the world,
and of course, the iPhone and iPad.
Following a long-running battle with cancer, Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple
on August 24, 2011. He planned to continue as chairman of the board. Sadly,
Jobs passed away only a couple of months later on October 5, 2011, just one
day after the iPhone 4S was announced at an Apple product briefing. At that
time,
Jobs was too ill and did not attend.
With Jobs' recommendation and support of the board, Tim Cook took over as
permanent CEO from that point on.
Opinion: Steve Jobs passed away 10 years ago today, but his influence
forever changed me, Apple, and the world
<https://9to5mac.com/author/parkerortolani/> Parker Ortolani
10 years ago today we lost Steve Jobs to pancreatic cancer. The world
mourned the loss of our generation's Edison, an architect like no other who
designed our modern way of life. Everyone from Bill Gates to President Obama
commemorated Steve's legacy. Artists, politicians, business people,
journalists, and fans alike all felt the earth shake.
Over the course of Steve's life, he oversaw the introduction of some of the
most consequential consumer products ever created. He led the team that
built the first truly personal computers. He revolutionized the music
industry with a beautiful box the size of a deck of cards. He completely
altered communication with a breakthrough mobile phone. And he delivered the
first real tablet, changing education and media consumption forever. The
Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad changed everything.
While these products individually changed the world in various ways, Steve's
greatest invention was actually Apple itself. Steve took a company on the
verge of bankruptcy, a sinking ship whose glory days were long behind it and
flipped it upside down. The company needed his minimalistic vision and cut
throat business acumen. Over the course of several years, Steve completely
rebuilt Apple. He elevated amazing talent like Phil Schiller and Jony Ive.
He also brought in brilliant minds like Tim Cook and several folks from NeXT
stayed on like Avie Tevanian and Craig Federighi.
Steve was the first technology leader to become a pop culture icon. The
black turtleneck and jeans look is iconic and widely recognized as the
"Steve Jobs look." His presentations were unlike anyone else's. No one, even
at Apple, has been able to match his style and gravitas. The reality
distortion field was real and people who can wield it are hard to come by.
Steve is widely remembered for his work at Apple, but Steve's work at Pixar
was arguably as transformational. Alongside Ed Catmull and John Lasseter,
Steve built the first modern computer animation studio. His historic deal
with Disney to develop full-length feature animated films changed the game.
Toy Story, the first full-length feature computer-animated film, was
executive-produced by Steve. The film was as culturally revolutionary as any
of his innovations at Apple. Over the course of the next decade Steve would
work on iconic films like Cars, A Bug's Life, The Incredibles, and Finding
Nemo.
In 2006, Steve negotiated with Disney to sell Pixar to the company. Bob Iger
and Steve Jobs developed a strong working relationship and ultimately Iger
joined the Apple board of directors. Steve became the largest shareholder in
Disney after the acquisition. The studio went on to create more than a dozen
additional iconic computer-animated movies like Ratatouille, Up, WALL-E,
Inside Out, Soul, and more.
Steve meant the world to me. He's still my hero and his philosophy on life
forever changed me. In 1994, before Steve returned to Apple, he gave an
interview to the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association. In the
interview, Steve conveyed what I still believe is his most profound and
consequential anecdote.
When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, your
life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the
walls too much, try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.
That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader, once you discover one
simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call life was
made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you
can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.
And the minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually
something will, if you push in, pop out the other side. That you can change
it, you can mold it.
That's the most important thing, is to shake off this erroneous notion that
life is there and you're just gonna live in it. Versus embrace it, change
it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that's very important and
however you learn that, once you learn it, you'll want to change life and
make it better because it's kinda messed up in a lot of ways. Once you learn
that, you'll never be the same again.
Steve Jobs, 1994
It's such a simple concept. But he was right. Everything around us was built
by someone, meaning it can be changed. Society is manmade. Nothing is
permanent. Steve would be the first one to tell you that life is short and
to live everyday to the fullest. Use that time to make something great,
something impactful. Whether it be a revolutionary device used by billions
or a simple tool that improves a few peoples' lives. I've lived my whole
life questioning everything and everyone because of Steve. I wouldn't trade
that for anything.
Lots of people like to ask "who's the next Steve Jobs?" or say that someone
is "the next Steve Jobs." But no other leader has become the next Steve
Jobs. No one will ever replace him. In fact, I don't think anyone else will
ever come close. To this day, I still have not found anyone else to look up
to to the degree that I looked up to Steve. I don't believe I ever will.
Thank you Steve, for everything.
9to5mac.
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