Steve Jobs has died.

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He had quite the impact on photography for the masses as well as those of us who are a bit more involved with image making.

I've never really used anything but a Mac, besides looking up things at the library.
 
Hard to estimate how far his creative reach really extends given how much copying of his ideas everyone in the tech realm has been doing for 30 years now.
 
His ill health was well known, but this news is still immeasurably sad, and really quite shocking. He was a true visionary.
 
I just finished reading about it in sf chron and uk guardian web pages. So sad, too young at 56. Rip. He was truly one of a kind, with a vision and the strength to push it thru.

Gary
 
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The best CEO ever. He will be missed.

Thank God he has built a great team to continue on. They have big shoes to fill but I think they will do fine.

I wonder what would have happened if Mr. Sugar Water had not kicked him out. He is proof that the visionary does not always need to be replaced as a company grows.

B2
 
He was born from a Syrian father and American mother, and was adopted by two Americans.
Supposedly, his father was born in Homs, Syria to a Muslim family.

May Steven Jobs rest in peace.
 
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sepiareverb said:
He had quite the impact on photography for the masses as well as those of us who are a bit more involved with image making.
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A very difficult character and not an easy man to be friends with, but definitely a man with visions and the energy to follow through on them. A lot of the things he picked up turned to gold (Apple, Pixar) or, if not, were recognized as visionary and had a huge impact on the field (NeXT). The computer industry is poorer without him.

That said, I don't really think he had an impact on photography though; I don't think anyone's photos look all that different because they were postprocessed using Photoshop for Mac, as opposed to Photoshop for Windows. When the original Photoshop for Mac came out in 1988, Jobs had already been away from Apple for years. He still was a significant man in fields such as the IT industry, or the consumption and distribution of popular music, but photography? Not really, the impressive character of the man notwithstanding. It's like writing an obituary for Henry Ford because you use a Ford to drive to shootings every day.
 
I am a Mac convert and never looked back. Such a vision and execution is phenomenal, Steve's a legend. May he rest in eternal peace.
 
Seems strange because I was just looking at a shot of him on flickr taken at an industry convention just 20 minutes ago.

When he 'retired for medical reasons' I was hoping he'd have time with his family for a few years at least. I've got to thank him. My first computer was an Atari and when they abandoned the field I went to the next closest but more expensive thing an Apple.

Take care Steve.

PS to rxmd... I think that the iPhone 4 is probably responsible for more photographs and permutations of art photography single handed than the Canon MkII 5D.. and that's a hell of an impact on photography. That's just my opinion though.
 
I see the point you're getting at with the iPhone (but would like to point out nonetheless that before the iPhone even came out, more than half the world's phones had a built-in camera...) Maybe this can serve as a posthumous tribute to Jobs' marketing genius.
 
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I see the point you're getting at with the iPhone (but would like to point out nonetheless that before the iPhone even came out, more than half the world's phones had a built-in camera...) Maybe this can serve as a posthumous tribute to Jobs' marketing genius.
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Marketing -- adoption rates -- counts. That's why Edison gets the hype and Tesla is a geek favorite.
 
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An opinion that was inappropriate.
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that may be an opinion, but as an engineer at Apple, i don't know of anyone who has worked for him who doesn't hold him in the highest regard. He built an incredible company.. both in products as well as an environment that brought about the best in his employees. I've been working in Silicon Valley since the early 80's, and no where else have I felt more a contributor, as well as having my ideas respected.. .then here.

'he will be missed' is an understatement.
 
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