Steve Jobs was an inspiration, and his creative energies provided the tools for others to pursue their own creative energies. There has never been anyone quite like him. Ever since yesterday evening, I've felt both saddened and lacking in eloquence to convey my thoughts and feelings about his passing. Rather than trying, I'd like to pass along some inspiration in Steve's own words -- his 2005 Commencement address at Stanford University. This came to me from Small Dog Electronics, my favorite independent Apple store. http://blog.smalldog.com/article/steve-jobs-stanford-commencement-address-05/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter . I missed meeting Steve Jobs. I actually made a presentation to the CEO and Board of Apple Computer in 1990. Unfortunately, that was after Steve had been ousted, so the CEO at that time was John Sculley. It was impressive to meet him, but it had none of the feeling that meeting Steve would have had. I got more feeling from meeting Guy Kawasaki, and I still have a Mac SE and keyboard that he touched (I had a booth at a tradeshow in 1988, and he used my Mac to print a picture he had on a diskette). -- --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology& Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> --------------- Erdös 4