"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me." - Steve Jobs
Yes. I know. "Alex, your last pleasure reading book was also a biography!" But, I mean its Steve Jobs. I've always wanted to learn about his life. So why not?
Since 1976, the world of technology, arts & media changed as the world knew it. And it was all thanks to one man. Steve Jobs' work has touched the lives of everyone all over the world. Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, yet his legacy is still alive today.
As a child, Steve Jobs was never really into school or what they were teaching. Jobs' first intro to computers was in the summer he spent at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California. Here, he met the other cofounder to be of Apple, Steve Wozniak. Even though they were both talented, they dropped out of their colleges soon after they met. As Walter Isaacson stated, "Jobs quickly became bored with college. He liked being in Reed, just not taking the required classes. In fact, he was surprised when he found out that, for all of its hippie aura, there were strict course requirements." (Isaacson 40). After Steve's 21st birthday, he talked about an idea he had with the other Steve. Jobs told Wozniak about inventing a personal, user-friendly, home computer. Wozniak was the biggest electro nerd Steve new so his job was to help make Jobs' dream become a reality. And, in 1976, the Apple I was released. Since then, Jobs has helped develop tools and machines that have affected the lives of millions.
Jobs was not only famous for his technological talent, but also for being one of the most captivating communicators at the time. All of his keynote addresses (these were the events where he announced a new product) were talked about globally because they were done at such a high level. People would line up outside the auditoriums in which they were being held a week before so that they could get a good spot.
In addition, Steve Jobs revolutionized the mobile phone, more specifically the smartphone. Apple was the first company to have a touchscreen on a mobile phone and no plastic keyboard on the phone. This affected the smartphone forever because now companies like Samsung, Android and Nokia could put touch screens on their phones. It also led the way for the iPad and other future tablets. Alongside the iPhone, Jobs also created the App Store where people from all over the world could create apps that anyone with an Apple device could download. Today, there are over 500,000 apps on the App Store.
Finally, Steve Jobs impacted the world, and myself included personally. Jobs' personality and ideologies have had a massive impact on my life. He always had a unique and magnificent way to inspire and impact the lives of the people around him. The best example of this was his 2005 Stanford Commencement speech, where he told the college students to pursue his life dreams. And he told them to follow their heart and intuition first when making a life changing decision. Since I heard about this, I have always done exactly that for everything.
I really like how you went into detail with his life. I learned a lot of new things reading this post.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you incorporate how you feel into your post. It sounds really interesting, and I like how you say that biographies aren't boring if the person it's about isn't boring.
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