October 2011
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Did Steve Jobs take this OS X background photo?
I’ve been reading the exceptional Steve Jobs biography , and noticed that a photo of Steve with his daughter in Kyoto was taken in front of the same traditional house that was included as a desktop wallpaper in OS X Leopard:
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WatchIntroducing the SoundCloud iPad app.
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Roundup of the best Steve Jobs links
The internet still ripples with the news of Steve Jobs’ passing, but some articles and pictures have risen above the tributes to canonize the day. This post rounds up the most striking moments from my day reflecting on the life and death of Steve Jobs.
Walt Mossberg set a positive tone with this collection of anecdotes about his meetings with Steve:
He explained that he walked each day,...
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Steve Jobs posted cancer victims special gifts
This revealing story posted to Quora explains how Steve Jobs, or someone working on his behalf, sent special gifts to cancer victims. It’s a personal side to the great leader that might only be revealed after his passing.
Before I met the wife I had a girlfriend named Rebecca. Rebecca had non-Hodgkinsons lymphoma. It was a rough time in her life and she was very depressed by it, even...
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My account of Steve Jobs' passing
It was 12:43am and I was playing an Xbox puzzle game with and old school friend. I got a text message through the service ifttt telling me Mac Rumors had been updated. It said Steve Jobs had passed away.
I felt sick, for the wrong reason. I had been asked to write a Steve Jobs obituary two weeks before, and it wasn’t ready. For some reason, it didn’t feel pressing — I...
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What was it like to be at Apple on the day Steve...
From Blake Golliher on Quora:
The various employees around me were questioning the belief that the, then rumor, could be true. Looking at twitter, the first hit was a funnyordie.com clip. Nobody knew in my group until someone in ichat sent out apple.com/stevejobs, then it all got very quiet in my area. It was the same quiet it got when Steve stepped down just a few months ago, a mix of shock and...
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An email from an Apple loving cancer victim to... →
drew:
Did Mr. Jobs answer? I will never tell.
Drew Olanoff to sjobs show details 3/22/10
I just wanted to say thank you for being so inspiring, I had a tough time of things last year after being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. You inspired me to put a ding in the universe and do…
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“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith … Your...”
– Steve Job’s parting words to Stanford University graduates, 2005.