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October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs, R.I.P.

I just heard the news that Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56. I knew he had to have been ill for him to let go of reigns to his Apple machine and sadly I was correct.  My fellow nerds should take a small moment and reflect a little in his honor.

Though I often disagreed with the manner in which he made some of his decisions on developing applications for his platforms, no one can argue with the success he brought to Apple and what he has done to innovation. In my opinion, Bill Gates brought some respect to nerds, but Steve Jobs made being a nerd cool. Think about it. When have you ever seen people of all walks of life stop what they are doing to check in on an announcement being made by a man in jeans, a black turtleneck, and white sneakers?

Rest in peace Steve Jobs. If I achieve 10% of the things you did in your short life I will be overly satisfied.