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On this day, of all days, I was gifted a apple monitor. 

Ironic since today is the day that one of the most innovative and imaginative men of our time has lost his seven year battle with cancer. There is so much sadness in the world as we call each other with our iphones, listen to our ipods and type on our Mac's.

(image found at http://www.etny.net/steve_jobs_resigns)

As I sit her typing on my MacBook Pro, I see it as a sad day indeed. Sad because, at the end of every mans life that seems to be cut unfairly short, you take time to sit and wonder if he had the opportunity what more could he have done.

The man that gave us the ability to play Oregon Trials on Macintosh Computers when we were in elementary school. The man who made fonts pretty on computer interfaces for us all, Mac and PC users alike (to reference Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement speech). The man who innovated the way we carry our music in our pockets with the ipod (hopefully not to be washed later). Then he took it farther and took our phones somewhere we never could have dreamed possible.

I guess the real question here is not how to appreciate what he did, but to find a way go on without him. Maybe that sounds a little melodramatic. But he was close to the Einstein of our generation, at least when it came to technological advancement. He keept things clean, he keept things simple, he made everything work. All while keeping everything stream line and  pushing inovation forward.

 

What did he leave unfinished? What mysteries could he have uncovered. What more could he have given us?


I guess it's like the owl with the tootsie pop, the world will never know.


Lastly, I will leave you with this. A quote from the great man himself, on how to live your life.

"[Y]ou can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

-- Stanford University commencement address, June 2005.