I just read that Steve Jobs, the Founder of Apple, just died today.
He was truly an innovator with vision and a knack for marketing intriguing products that have changed the way we use computers.
Here are some excerpts from the article I read:
Jobs dropped out of Oregon's Reed College after one semester, although he returned to audit a class in calligraphy, which he says influenced Apple's graceful, minimalist aesthetic. He quit one of his first jobs, designing video games for Atari, to backpack across India and take psychedelic drugs. Those experiences, Jobs said later, shaped his creative vision.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future," he told Stanford University graduates during a commencement speech in 2005. "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do," he told the Stanford grads in 2005.
"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."
Here is the entire article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
It's interesting to find out that he was adopted as a baby, just as I was along with my fraternal twin sister. Psychedelics also helped shape his future and the creative vision. I also COMPLETELY agree with finding your passion or passions in life...and Follow Your Bliss. Master your talents...or get real close.
I have enjoyed working on MACS for graphic design and music, but I also like the flexibility of the PC. Both computer platforms have their pluses and minuses. I can appreciate BOTH operating systems equally.
I love playing the time travel game where you look back in your own life and then look ahead at all of the experiences you will have with your future self.
If you are living your life correctly, you will notice how everything connects in a way that you can't perceive as it is happening. Even in the last six months, I have seen extraordinary situations present themselves that are setting up the future connections that, only in hindsight, will be completely appreciated as part of the BIG picture.
He was truly an innovator with vision and a knack for marketing intriguing products that have changed the way we use computers.
Here are some excerpts from the article I read:
Jobs dropped out of Oregon's Reed College after one semester, although he returned to audit a class in calligraphy, which he says influenced Apple's graceful, minimalist aesthetic. He quit one of his first jobs, designing video games for Atari, to backpack across India and take psychedelic drugs. Those experiences, Jobs said later, shaped his creative vision.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future," he told Stanford University graduates during a commencement speech in 2005. "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do," he told the Stanford grads in 2005.
"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."
Here is the entire article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
It's interesting to find out that he was adopted as a baby, just as I was along with my fraternal twin sister. Psychedelics also helped shape his future and the creative vision. I also COMPLETELY agree with finding your passion or passions in life...and Follow Your Bliss. Master your talents...or get real close.
I have enjoyed working on MACS for graphic design and music, but I also like the flexibility of the PC. Both computer platforms have their pluses and minuses. I can appreciate BOTH operating systems equally.
I love playing the time travel game where you look back in your own life and then look ahead at all of the experiences you will have with your future self.
If you are living your life correctly, you will notice how everything connects in a way that you can't perceive as it is happening. Even in the last six months, I have seen extraordinary situations present themselves that are setting up the future connections that, only in hindsight, will be completely appreciated as part of the BIG picture.
