When the sad news came in that Steve Jobs passed away at age 56 after battling cancer since 2004, we decided to pay tribute to this great visionary who has helped make such a difference in the field of consumer technology. As co-founder, CEO and chairman of Apple, Mr. Jobs was one of the key creative forces and main public presence of several game-changing products that have become iconic and important in the lives of millions of people around the world. His passion, dedication, and inventiveness fueled major developments during more than three decades of popular technology. Mr. Jobs was Apple, and endured even in the face of what must surely have been great personal suffering behind the scenes.
His contributions to humanity and to our collective technological environment will never be forgotten, and neither will he. Wherever the road leads, we will always miss you, Steve! Thank you and rest easy.
You may pay your respects at the official memorial site.
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Suds McSoapdish
Thirty years ago, toddler Suds got his first taste of just how enjoyable technology can be when his parents gave him an Atari 2600. He soon picked up on the wonders of the Commodore 64, and the rest is history in the form of a long list of consoles, 80’s home computers and PCs built and assembled with great fervor. Writing and technology gradually moved up from hobbies to professions as Suds became the man he is today, and although he’s worked and traveled the world and experienced many things, technology, especially computing and gaming, has remained a solid constant.