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I was saddened to hear that Steve Jobs lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. This photo is him in 1984 with the first computer I ever owned. When I realized that I needed to become computer literate back in the 80s, I went to the local community college and enrolled in computer classes. They only taught on Apples. It was the beginning of my love affair with Apple.
I got a wonderful job as a result of that training, as an administrative assistant at the Career Action Center in Palo Alto — and of course, they only had Apple computers. When I got a job as a desk top publisher for a magazine in North Carolina, I had to work on a PC. I complained so much, that the publisher finally bought me a super duper Apple.
I have owned many computers since that first one. Now, I have the iPhone and the iPad — two gadgets that I love.
It is my hope that Apple will continue to be the company that Steve Jobs envisioned and that the innovations will continue.
Steve Jobs was a one of a kind guy that comes along once in a generation and changes the world. He will be missed.
We had one of those computers too! I entered the world of graphic design just as desktop publishing was taking over. It was interesting to have a foot in both worlds. I was with people in their 20s the other night and they didn’t get just what it was that made Macs so amazing. I realized that they never really lived in a world that hadn’t been touched by Apple. their PCs have all been modeled after Apple innovations — they never knew a time without a mouse, or when graphics and text didn’t look fabulous on any computer!
Yes, sad news indeed!
xo
In a PBS piece on Jobs, they compared him to Edison as far as changing our world. Not only was Jobs an innovative man, but a generous one who cared about the world around him. I went back to get my degree in the 80s and everything was Apple. I learned programming, did my essays, even computer graphics all on an Apple. I was working as a bookkeeper at that time and convinced the company to spring for a computer. The move from paper ledgers to spread sheets scared the daylights out of the owners until they saw how much the computer could do for them. He changed the world and left it a better place.