Sent to "rememberingsteve@apple.com"

As James Cameron once said, "I'm not a perfectionist - I am a rightist." In other words, he wants things done right.

Steve Jobs seemed to have created and boldly embodied that way of life in business and technology more than any other in the history of the modern era. For all the flak from closed systems, proprietary technology, etc. -- Jobs knew that normal people - creative people - needed tools that were as beautiful as the things that would be created with it. Endless pursuit of designing the product so that all areas from conception to end-of-life -- marketing, advertising, engineering, materials, support, etc -- would work in harmony. What happened?

The world responded. This works. It just works. All of it, although most would say the user interfaces were the part that just worked. But, for all Steve's sensibilities (which are needed in so many companies, sigh) - everything about Apple "just worked." Tim is so apt to carry on his legacy (and it is his legacy), so good hands are on the wheel. But, we won't forget why we're all using PCs, touchscreen personal devices, and music/movies on demand anywhere and on any device.

That's what Steve gave us, among many other things in the last 35 years. Yes, I am typing this on a MacBook (although in Boot Camp using Windows 7). Why do I use it instead of a plastic laptop at one-third the price? Because it's beautiful inside and out, works flawlessly and lets me be creative on two dominant software platforms as a media director for two major television stations. Thank you, Steve. You won't just be missed. You'll be remembered for a long time to come.

And, my life wouldn't be the same if my 22 month-old daughter could not play her development games and hear her storybooks on our iPad 2.

 Until karma strikes again in the afterlife.

Interesting thought -- agree? "What atheists did and do? They invented nearly everything around you. They have the lowest crime rates (atheists make 0.209% of the prison population, christians make up 80% of the prison population), they are professors, doctors, inventors and mostly: humanists. Atheists strive for a naturalist, empathic world-view. Moral isn't something that comes from religion. It comes from intelligence (see crime rates, atheism is correlated with a higher IQ, (with religion vice versa)."