Steve Jobs 1955-2011

So much has been said about Steve Jobs and so much more will be said in the coming days. And I know he had the capacity to be a difficult person but he had a drive and a vision like no other.

His attention to detail made you love whatever Apple product you owned.  While working as a Genius in a Boston-area Apple Store, a customer, a young lady I became friends with, actually kissed her 12" PowerBook as we finished the paperwork to send it in for Mail-In service and said, "Please, take care of my baby."  Do you know anybody who kisses their Dell goodbye? I didn't think so.

I still have every Apple product I ever purchased or was given as an Apple employee and though they may be non-functional or old, they mean something to me.

This feels like when I heard John Lennon was shot or when I saw Challenger explode on live television.

I had previously written on Les Paul when he passed away and I'll say this about Steve Jobs too: We've lost an American original.

He, too, will be missed.