Our era’s Thomas Edison now belongs to the ages. Generations yet unborn will marvel at what he did, because his developments forever altered the course of society in ways barely imaginable before his time.
I am saddened to read about his death. Steve Jobs was an incredible creative genius, the real force behind Apple Computer as a company. I have been a Mac Maniac since 1984 when I got my first Mac.
RIP, Steve.
I never bought and apple product, but I do like to use Itunes, still I aware of his great contribution.
Vatican Watcher, in a way I think of him as more of the Henry Ford of our day.
Ford is a good analogy. He and Edison spent a great deal of time together, often at Edison’s Fort Meyers labs. The Edison labs in Florida are well worth a visit, and I very much hope that the Jobs’ home and garage (2066 Crist Dr in Palo Alto) can become something similar.
Back 40-plus years ago we had to develop all our own software on an [i]ad hoc[/i] basis, and those of us scientist types who did such things were viewed as creatures from another universe. Steve Jobs had a huge role in changing that. And even though I’ve never owned (or used) an Apple product it is impossible not to honour the man’s greatness.
Somehow the bitten apple logo may well have symbolized for Jobs the universal quest for greater knowledge so evident in Genesis. I thus hope that late in his life he came to recognize the lordship of Christ and understand it as the ultimate answer to all the questions arising from that fateful bite.
Our era’s Thomas Edison now belongs to the ages. Generations yet unborn will marvel at what he did, because his developments forever altered the course of society in ways barely imaginable before his time.
I am saddened to read about his death. Steve Jobs was an incredible creative genius, the real force behind Apple Computer as a company. I have been a Mac Maniac since 1984 when I got my first Mac.
RIP, Steve.
Not terribly shocked, but sad all the same. Memory eternal.
It feels as though an era is over. Hard to believe he was only 56. Better to remember he was adopted!
The worst thing about his death, was that he rejected Christ and became a Buddhist.
Bart, one comparison I read that I like is to Walt Disney.
It’s certainly the end of an era for Apple, though there are of course pioneers of personal computing who are still living.
The true unsung heroes of the Information Age are the anonymous people who pioneered and built the infrastructure we today call the Internet.
I never bought and apple product, but I do like to use Itunes, still I aware of his great contribution.
Vatican Watcher, in a way I think of him as more of the Henry Ford of our day.
Ford is a good analogy. He and Edison spent a great deal of time together, often at Edison’s Fort Meyers labs. The Edison labs in Florida are well worth a visit, and I very much hope that the Jobs’ home and garage (2066 Crist Dr in Palo Alto) can become something similar.
Back 40-plus years ago we had to develop all our own software on an [i]ad hoc[/i] basis, and those of us scientist types who did such things were viewed as creatures from another universe. Steve Jobs had a huge role in changing that. And even though I’ve never owned (or used) an Apple product it is impossible not to honour the man’s greatness.
Somehow the bitten apple logo may well have symbolized for Jobs the universal quest for greater knowledge so evident in Genesis. I thus hope that late in his life he came to recognize the lordship of Christ and understand it as the ultimate answer to all the questions arising from that fateful bite.
Remember, he rejected Christ for Buddhism.