Today the world mourns the loss of one of the most
remarkable personalities of our age: Steve Jobs. Steve passed away earlier
today while suffering from Pancreatic Cancer. He was 56 years old.
Steve Jobs, a name synonymous with vision, innovation,
leadership, and inspiration, was in my opinion, the most important person of
our time & age. The Innovator of innovators, the Visionary of visionaries,
the Entrepreneur of the Century, the DaVinci of our time, the Architect of the Future…
and now, a Legend beyond life!
Ever since he laid foundation of Apple back on a Fool’s Dayin 1976, its been one revolution after the next. First mainstream computer with a GUI,
first computer with a mouse interface, first animated feature film, the biggestbrand in MP3 players & Portable Media devices, the biggest Online Music store, the biggest & most important name in smartphones, the architect of
the smartphone era, the undisputed king of Tablet-land… These are only a few of
his accomplishments over the years, and one can clearly see that how profound
and deep effect has he had on our lifestyle and how we perceive & consume technology
& information.
And through all these numbers & figures, all the credits
& iDidIt’s, one can begin to
comprehend the unfathomable awesomeness of “the Steve”. Over the years, I have continuously
been impressed, inspired, and overwhelmed by the sheer genius, vision, leadership,
and ingenuity of this one man who has gone and made the company he himself founded,
into the most valuable company in the world! There aren’t many who can make
such a claim. Watching him onstage, one couldn’t help but be infected by that
radiant energy & exuberance of his when he’s presenting a new product, or
talking about something that “just works”. One can clearly see that he truly
was in love with his products. And that’s what leadership is all about. He was
involved in the development of the product right from the conceptualization
phase, hand-crafted the strategy, personally oversaw the production, and then
went on stage and gave it to the world! It was his vision & dream that has
been driving the Apple engine, and has put the company on an unparalleled innovation
run that is still changing the world as we read these words.
So to conclude this post, I just want to say that I have been
overcome with such an overwhelming feeling of loss, grief and sadness, that words simply fail me. Despite barely owning an Apple product or two
in my life, I still feel the loss and that emptiness in my life, that we would
not see Steve Jobs up on stage ever again, telling us about what he’s been
innovating this spring. I, personally, will miss him for years to come, and I
feel blessed to have been born in the same time & age as Steve. And as he
passes on to the next life to hang out with Einstein, Newton, Da Vinci, Paganini,
and the Curies, his persona, his work, and his afterglow will always be a
beacon of inspiration & direction for generations to come. Steve Jobs is
dead… Long live Steve Jobs!
