I thought I would take a few minutes to write about the passing of Steve Jobs.
A few days ago, I went to Apple.com and was ready to take a look at any new great products. Instead, I saw the memorial post regarding Steve’s passing. Even though this was kind of expected, I was shocked. For some reason this effected me, and I felt shaken up a bit. A true icon in this informational and technological age, was gone. Poof! Just like that. My wife was tending to our 8 month old baby, and came into our bedroom, and the first thing I said was “Steve Jobs passed.” My wife had a shocked expression as well, and we both kind of just looked at each other in disbelief. It was a sad evening.
I began my career in the graphic design industry over 14 years ago, with a Mac. At the time, Apple didn’t have Steve Jobs and was on the verge of going bankrupt. Generally, designers at the time used Macs, although professors in college would continue to say things such as “We love our Macs as designers, but don’t expect them to stay around long. You might want to consider a PC in the future.” Amazingly, I saw the complete transformation of Apple when they brought Steve Jobs back at Apple. The company came out with the multi-colored iMacs, the g3 (Which I purchased immediately), and eventually the iPod and iPads that we see today. What Steve Jobs did was bring his ideas to Apple and made it flourish. In so many ways he was not only an inventor, but a designer. We can thank Steve Jobs for saving Apple, influencing a huge amount of technology that we have today, and changing the music industry distribution process in a positive way.
Steve was an amazing figure in our current generation, we were lucky to have him while we did. Blackstripe offers a huge thanks to Steve for all of his creativity, technology, and design.
Jason East
President
Black Stripe Design, LLC
