It seems as though everyone everywhere is mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. He was one of the most skilled minds of our time. With his resignation a few months ago, we feared that it was only a matter of time before Jobs’ passed on. So, to honor this brilliant man, we have put together a small collection of our favorite tributes to Steve Jobs.
This tribute came from Jonathan Mak, a 19-year-old in Hong Kong. He reminds us that Steve Jobs was loved all around the world.
This next tribute comes from Mint Digital. This piece of art was made solely from pieces of a Macbook Pro.
What better way to end this tribute than with a tribute from the online Apple Store itself?
Could Apple’s advertising seriously suffer from Steve Jobs’ resignation?
According to Mashable, Apple’s advertising was the most successful during Jobs’ reign. During the 11 year stint (1985-1996) that Jobs took a break from working at Apple, Apple’s advertising took a turn for the worse. In their blog post, Mashable provides examples of Apple advertisements from the two separate eras that Jobs was a part of the company, as well as an ad that was created while Jobs was away from Apple. Here is an ad that was created between 1985-1996, when Jobs wasn’t working at Apple:
Luckily, although Steve Jobs has stepped down as the head of Apple, he will still have a lot of influence on day to day activities there. The jokers from Joy of Tech came up with this screenshot of Steve Jobs’ calendar as a newly retired man.
The architectural plans for Steve Jobs’ new mansion have emerged, and it looks pretty slick as you might expect. Basically, if you took every Mac product that Steve Jobs has ever made and made them into a house, you’d get Steve Jobs’ mansion. Although it probably doesn’t run on AT&T 3G. It uses space and energy efficiently, uses minimalist design, etc. How very Steve Jobsian.
But there are two real stories here. First, the mansion only cost $8.5 million dollars. That is hardly even a mansion, to be honest. I mean, it’s not the kind of house that I could afford, but it is the kind of house that I could almost afford if my mutual fund investments hold their value and I sell my baseball cards strategically. A $8.5 million home is what millionaires invest in, not what billionaires invest in. So I say kudos to Steve Jobs for showing us all that he can all be happy even if he doesn’t grind his wealth into everyone else’s faces. (As a point of reference, Bill Gates’s house is worth an estimated US$147.5 million.)
The second story is that the lot currently has a Spanish Colonial Revival home designed for a copper baron, which has not been lived in for more than a decade. And the place is awesome. The kind of place that has wrought-iron chandeliers and, best of all, a full pipe organ in the parlor. I wish I had a pipe organ in my parlor. A few photos below for your enjoyment.
Image via Gizmodo. Thanks guys.
Image via AppleInsider. I <3 pipe organs.
Just like the dilapidated chandelier in every scary movie.
Gawker reported on a very adamant college journalism student who has been trying to get a response back from Apple’s Media Relations department for an assignment in school. Seeing that no responses were given, she went to the head-honcho himself. To which he replied:
Our goals do not include helping you get a good grade. Sorry
Ouch. Read the whole email exchange here. By the way, did anyone ever figure out what questions she wanted to ask?
If you were already a member of the Apple family before today you had the unique opportunity to live stream the Apple Special event. I tuned into the event on my iPad and was immediately impressed with the pre-event production values. The number of cameras and the way they panned the crowd reminded me of an award show. Instead of focusing on celebrities the cameras were turned to all the different apple devices audience members were using. They did show a lot on the Woz though. Now, having access to this live stream made me think for a brief moment that I should live blog the event … but only for a brief moment.
Many rumors were confirmed today. Steve Jobs presented some iOS updates, including 4.1 which will be coming next week and 4.2 which will be out in November with an iPad focus. One of the bigger updates coming next week is the inclusion of HDR photography which actually takes three images; one in normal mode, one over exposed and one under exposed. Then the images are combined to optimize the image. Both the normal image and the optimized image will be saved in your pictures. Next weeks update will also see bug fixes, HD video upload over WiFi, TV Show rentals and Game Center. iOS 4.2 will finally bring the iPad up to speed introducing a couple handy features including wireless printing and AirPlay which will allow you to stream content to your Apple TV.
The iPod line was refreshed from head to toe. The Shuffle has buttons again and is smaller than ever. The Nano had a drastic change, switching to a small multi touch display and including many features from the Shuffle including the clip. As expected the iPod Touch is taking on many iPhone featurs including cameras for face time and a retina display. The Touch will also take advantage of all the iOS updates. Each device boasts enhanced batter life.
We were expecting some kind of move from iTunes toward the cloud and social. What we got was the introduction of iTunes 10 and Ping, “Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes” the music social network. iTunes appeared simplified and streamlined many of the social features mimicked the kind of interactions we can expect on Facebook, but oriented around music. iTunes 10 and Ping will be available to today so you can jump in to the music social network with two feet.
The second generation of Apple TV debuted and was presented as a “hobby” but kept its old name. This version of the product boasted a much smaller form factor than the previous generation, almost a quarter of the size, and a much smaller price tag, $99. This generation ignores storage and focuses on a rental model for content. First run movies will cost $4.99 per rental and HD TV shows will be $.99 although only two studios have signed on for that pricing model, FOX and ABC. Jobs did promise that others will follow. The Netflix integration appeared seamless and superior to the experience on PS3 or XBOX 360 and the AirPlay feature in iOS 4.2 will allow smooth media transitions between iOS devices and Apple TV.
The whole event can be watched here (assuming you have a Apple device to watch it on) including a closing set by Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin, who at one point was commended to play “another one” by Steve Jobs.
Did anything surprise you from the announcements today? Was anything missing?
