Having had a restless night, I am in the middle of an 18 date music festival right now Oxjam Chorleywood and am fueled by adrenaline and caffeine in equal measure, I carelessly checked my twitter feed to find that in the early hours, Steve Job lost his battle to Pancreatic Cancer.
So very sad indeed.
On reading through the Financial Times blog early on Thursday morning, I was reminded of some of the amazing things that Steve Jobs achieved in the past ten years. I micro blogged these in to my twitter feed and as stand alone statements.
To say that this guy achieved a lot in the past ten years in an understatement.
My mantra in life is "Anything is Possible" but I do think Mr. Steve Jobs has taken this to a new level.
Thank you Steve for your incredible productivity, for caring about form as well as function and for delivering to our generation the most sexy product that do amazing things.
This is a copy of my twitter feed - you might need to start at the bottom to get the events in order:
Jobs loses battle with pancreatic cancer at 56, thank you for your huge contribution to technology & the way we listen to music #RIPSteveJobs
7 hours ago
Apple's board, which Mr Jobs now chairs, signals its confidence in 50 year old Cook by awarding him one of the largest stock grants in history
7 hours ago
25/08/11 - Jobs resigns as Apple chief executive 7 months after going on medical leave & asks the board to name Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook as his successor.
7 hours ago
August 2011 - Apple briefly passes ExxonMobil to become the most valuable company in the world by market capitalisation.
7 hours ago
March 2011 - Jobs appears at an event announcing the iPad 2. Apple's stock rose 2% in the minutes after Jobs began speaking
7 hours ago
January 2011 - Jobs tells Apple employees that the company has granted him a medical leave of absence, he continues as chief executive
7 hours ago
2010 Jobs unveils Apple's the iPad. Apple sells 4.2m of the devices in three months. Apple's stock market value soars to $180bn
7 hours ago
2007 - Apple introduces the highly-anticipated iPhone, the company's first foray in to mobile phones
7 hours ago
Jan 2006 - Walt Disney acquires Pixar for $7.4bn. Jobs, who founded Pixar takes a seat on the board & becomes the company's biggest shareholder.
7 hours ago
Sept 2005- Jobs launches the iPod Nano. iTunes downloads top 500 million. 1 million videos are sold from iTunes, 19 days after video iPod launch
Just a few amazing statistics from Mr. Steve Jobs and his life in the past 6 years....
And the last thought from Mr. Steve Jobs:
'Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.'
- From Rob Lawrence's blog: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8be9856424a6d34ad5bef7297&id=499ff5b28e
Thank you Mr Steve Jobs, you poured yourself out for us and encouraged us to follow our hearts and do great things as ultimately we have nothing to lose. If I have can have a tiny part of that courage in my life, I will be doing well.
R.I.P Steve Jobs
6th October 2011
