Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
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?Steve Jobs passed away yesterday, presumably from the pancreatic cancer he was diagnosed with in 2008. When he resigned as Apple CEO in August, we all guessed he was sick, but I didn’t think he’d be gone so soon. It’s just horrible.
The iPod came out 10 years ago, so just think what Jobs has done since then: Allowed us to carry an immense amount of music wherever we go. Changed the music industry. Virtually created the digital download industry. Made computers that anyone could use and not be totally confused. Took cellphones into the future. And he also pretty much created the tablet market, too.And that’s just the last 10 years. Can you imagine what the world would be like in 2021 if Steve Jobs were still alive? You can’t, but it would have absolutely been a better, cooler place.
Thanks for everything, Steve. You may have had your problems, but you genuinely changed the world. You will be truly missed.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.