Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56

[Esau.]

Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56

By JOHN MARKOFF

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then did nothing less than lead a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif.. He was 56.

The death was announced by Apple, the company Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage.

Full 5 page article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html

[NewRider]

Crazy.

I didn't even know he was ill.

I still hate iTunes.

R.I.P.

[bouche]

Pretty sad though he sure had alot to smile about from his life. And to this legacy, I found out about this on my iPhone on facebook.

RIP

[ollie]

I found about it on my Acer laptop on the Sanctuary. But I am typing this (slowly) on my iPad.

My first Apple memory is playing Tax-man on my friend's Apple IIc.

R.I.P.

Edited October 6, 2011 by Guest

[Cosmic ChrisC]

I found out about it from Ollie; he used his mouth and words to communicate the news to me.

R.I.P.

My first Apple memory was pretty late. I worked at a small publishing house here in Ottawa in the mid 90s and I used an original Macintosh to do their accounting.

[c-towns]

I ate an apple for a snack this morning.

[Esau.]

Pretty interesting guy really, learned some new things reading that article.

After dropping out of Reed College, a stronghold of liberal thought in Portland, Ore., in 1972, Mr. Jobs led a countercultural lifestyle himself. He told a reporter that taking LSD was one of the two or three most important things he had done in his life. He said there were things about him that people who had not tried psychedelics — even people who knew him well, including his wife — could never understand.

He had a number of well-publicized romantic relationships, including one with the folk singer Joan Baez, before marrying Laurene Powell.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

He had a number of well-publicized romantic relationships, including one with the folk singer Joan Baez

This is your brain on psychedelics, kids.

[Freak By Night]

I saw Jobs as more of master huckster than a technical innovator - he convinced a large number of people to pay twice what his products were actually worth.

For that, the man is to be admired.

RIP

[Kanada Kev]

Well, it didn't take long for the Freaky Phelps clan to get in on the action. Ugh ::doh::

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/westboro-baptist-church-steve-jobs-funeral_n_998032.html

Westboro Baptist church Leader, Margie J. Phelps, Tweets Picket Of Steve Jobs Funeral From An iPhone

Steve Jobs' death has garnered a number of reactions, but none as bizarre as this.

Westboro Baptist Church leader Margie J. Phelps has announced that the group will picket the Apple co-founder's funeral, condemning him for "teaching his neighbors to sin." While their actually reasons for promoting the picket seem a bit unclear, how Phelps made the announcement is causing quite a stir (and garnering a few laughs).

She tweeted from an iPhone.

The tweet that has critics pointing out the irony says little more than "He is in hell." The controversial church seems to be sticking by their words, however ignoring criticism for the method used to get out their message.

The first shocking tweet is below.

After a number of groups pointed out the irony, Phelps continued to tweet, typing, "Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell.God created iPhone for that purpose!"

The church, which has become famous for its unofficial "God Hates Fags" slogan, has been at the center of many controversial pickets in recent years, including sending congregation members to protest at the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards. As if that wasn't enough, the church also picketed the funerals of those killed in the Arizona shootings, an act many found particularly distasteful.