Steve Jobs RIP 1955-2011

Release date for the biography now October 24.

My biggest takeaway from this thread is Woz's unwavering love for American suburban chain restaurants.

i want to know what tamtam's awesome anti-papal comic book is!

i feel like i've seen that artist before

What will people say when Woz dies?

@appllecultist RIP Woz, we will never forget (Checked in for Festive Nachos at Chevy's Cupertino 4sq.ly/al24jl)

XP: It's Jodorowsky and ?? collab on Borgias, english language came out about 5 years ago.

http://comicsforserious.blogspot.com/2009/06/jodorowsky-and-manaras-borgia-flames.html

NeXT came as the workstation market was dying. He also learned to delegate while managing strongly.

"I wonder what that type of guy would have been if he hadn't grown up when and where he did, perfectly positioned for the microcomputer boom."
woz would probably still sport that awesome nixie watch.

oh manara ok

George Lucas:

Star Wars creator George Lucas, whose relationship with Steve Jobs goes back decades, expressed his thoughts on Jobs’ passing Thursday. The former Apple co-founder died at 56 due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

"The magic of Steve was that while others simply accepted the status quo, he saw the true potential in everything he touched and never compromised on that vision. He leaves behind an incredible family and a legacy that will continue to speak to people for years to come,” Lucas said in a statement.

"The magic of Steve was that while others simply accepted the status quo, he saw the true potential in everything he touched and never compromised on that vision... similar to what I have been doing with my silly sci fi movies for the past 35 years."

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4038940252_0b7c08e17e.jpg

t/s NeXT vs SGI

the internet being the internet, I am surprised and very glad that the "one more thing" rider on that JPG is eyeglasses and not cancer

why are those shoes $100? they're always $40 at big-5.

US-made version

I just noticed the headshot on his iPhone

the $40 ones are made in chinese sweatshops

or they're knockoffs

how much is the US made iPhone?

US-made Levi's are $180.

us made iphone is still $180 but you have to provide proof you've oppressed a chinese orphan in order to even get on the waiting list.

http://newbalance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5

^^ i think the rule of thumb is that if it costs over $100 it's part of the US line but you still have to read every tag on the shoe itself to figure it out.

to add to the confusion, some shoes are partly stitched in the US or UK, sent to china, where different parts are stitched together, and then sent back to the US or UK for finishing.

i just checked the label -- my NBs were made in vietnam, yo.

The flowers and emotionally overcome fans are weird and creepy.

I didn't see this posted yet, but I think it's interesting. ‘This Stuff Doesn’t Change the World’: Disability and Steve Jobs’ Legacy http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/10/steve-jobs-disability/

Huh. At least one of Chicago's Apple stores is closed today. http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/300876_2437733903567_1258332056_32838835_792604724_n.jpg

Wired: What’s the biggest surprise this technology will deliver?

Jobs: The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t.

Wired: That’s going to break people’s hearts.

Jobs: I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much — if at all.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I’m not downplaying that. But it’s a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light — that it’s going to change everything. Things don’t have to change the world to be important

at what point between this and "the ipad is a magical device" did he and we lose the plot?

the corollary to that is that things might change the world, but not influence life

false dichotomy.

Missed the onion's second attempt this morning http://www.theonion.com/articles/last-american-who-knew-what-the-fuck-he-was-doing,26268/

http://mobile.theonion.com/articles/last-american-who-knew-what-the-fuck-he-was-doing,26268/?mobile=true

I think, more than anything, I admire his style in wearing a sweater tucked in without a belt

fuck cancer you guys

― ilx user 'silby' (silby), Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Boy, way to go out on a limb here.

Bill Magill, ladies and gentlemen.

I think, more than anything, I admire his style in wearing a sweater tucked in without a belt

― dayo, Thursday, October 6, 2011 4:04 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I agree with this. There is no way i could keep my pants up if i tried this. What he pulled off here was incredible.

I take that back

Bill Magill's less of a "fuck cancer you guys" type and more of a "fuck prostitutes you guys" type

Not sure the two are mutually exclusive.

i'm getting tested to see if i can donate some of my bone marrow to this kid, in san francisco:

http://tumblr.amitgupta.com/post/11102689089/two-weeks-ago-i-got-a-call-from-my-doctor-who-id

don't know him, but poor guy--that is a raw deal

bears repeating: fuck cancer

he sounded amazing today on fresh air talking about the intersection of computing and liberal arts

I mean, Jobs was exactly the same Jobs at NeXT, and made great products, but basically failed. If Apple hadn't also been failing harder and bought him to save themselves, he'd have gone under on that one.

Yet put the same guy back into Apple with basically the same vision and in under 15 years it was the world's biggest company.

There's a lot being made about him learning from his mistakes atm.

btw his biography is the main reason ebooks are great – I do not need to be seen in public reading it

Speaking of which, from Isaacson's preview:

It turned out that he wanted me to write a biography of him. (...) I assumed that he was still in the middle of an oscillating career that had many more ups and downs left, I demurred. Not now, I said. Maybe in a decade or two, when you retire.

But I later realized that he had called me just before he was going to be operated on for cancer for the first time.

xp: "I will read this from the anonymity of my iPad."

THAT I had wondered about for a while, especially when the book's release date was brought forward nine months.

xp lol I meant my kindle

http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple-user-acting-like-his-dad-just-died,26270/

also from Isaacson:

Why had he been so eager, during close to 50 interviews and conversations over the course of two years, to open up so much for a book when he was usually so private? “I wanted my kids to know me,” he said. “I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”

xp that is great and 100% otm

eric schmidt:

I should tell you this story. We’re in a meeting at NeXT, before Steve went back to Apple. I’ve got my chief scientist. After the meeting, we leave and try to unravel the argument to figure out where Steve was wrong—because he was obviously wrong. And we couldn’t do it. We’re standing in the parking lot. He sees us from his office, and he comes back out to argue with us some more. It was over a technical issue involving Objective C, a computer language. Why he would care about this was beyond me. I’ve never seen that kind of passion.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/eric-schmidt-on-steve-jobs-10062011.html

Yo Bill Magill, there's like a whole "fuck cancer" thread if you want to stop by and ruin that too: This is the thread where we curse cancer.