One of the historical moments. For years, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have not been on a stage together. In 2007, at D5, they both appeared on stage together and talked about a lot of things.
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I loved this commencement speech and have watched it numerous times even before Steve passed away. There are so many great quotes from this speech! Here are the ones that really inspired me!
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots would somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something… your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots would connect down the road, would give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off well wore path and that would make all the difference.
You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. 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. 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. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you’ll most certainly be right.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “no” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
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If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com
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Could not believe myself as I woke up this morning and wanted to check out the Apple website. My idol, Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. The page was black and white and Apple has removed all the links that usually show up at the bottom.
Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
To me, Steve has not only been a visionary and a creative genius. He’s changed the lives of so many around the world and of course mine too. He has brightened my world for the past 24 years since my dad bought us our first ever Macintosh back in 1987.
This morning, the first whatsapp message regarding Steve’s death came through to me at 9 this morning, my friend said, ‘you’re late‘ then added ‘you should have sent email to steve‘. My response was, ‘I know‘. Truly, I have been thinking of emailing Steve on numerous occasions, but regretfully, I have never done so.
I really want to pay my tributes to this unique man so I decided that I’ll buy some flowers and bring them to Apple Store ifc. Got there around 3 in the afternoon and there were already some flowers laid in front of the store when I got there with my brother. So I put mine down too.
White roses for Steve Jobs
Both Apple logos were turned off.
Both Apple logos were turned off
While I was there, I noticed that there were other fellow twitterers there too. So I met up with @_wli at Starbucks just next door. He told me that there will be some sort of memorial for Steve later at 7 in the evening. So I decided to stay for that too.
Hung out with my brother in Central till 6ish then he left. I went back to Apple Store ifc and since people are starting to get off work, a big crowd was gathering in front of the store, including the press.
Apple logos at night
Crowd gathering outside Apple Store ifc creating the iMemorialWall
At around 7, fans started sticking Post-it notes onto the wall outside the store creating the iMemorialWall for Steve. Here’s mine.
My Post-it note for Steve Jobs
At one point, @hypercasey went up the stairs and posed this as his tribute to Steve and caught the attention of everyone. Yes, everyone.
@hypercasey paying tribute to Steve
iMemorialWall
I stayed there till 8 and here’s the iMemorialWall, the flowers and other tributes to Steve just before I left.
iMemorialWall
Tributes to Steve Jobs
iCandles
I guess this is the least I can do for Steve Jobs. Thank you for everything you’ve done for the world. Your innovations, speeches, quotes and positive attitude will be remembered forever. Rest in peace.
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