Steve Jobs was more than just a brilliant CEO and billionaire – he gave us innovation AND style. Something sorely lacking in technology. We first fell in love with Apple products when these fruit colored computers came out – in blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, lime, and grape. Jobs proved that machines can be beautiful. We dumped our Dell computer and never looked back. (Above, Steve in 1999 with an early iBook portable computer) Check out this old Apple iMac computer commercial.
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He was one of a kind, no doubt about it.
But that top pic made me smile. I always thought the ibook series was one of Apple’s few misfires: it looked (and still does, to me) like a life-size Barbie toilet seat.
Never saw too many adults toting those around LOL.
Anyway, thanks, Steve—and Happy Trails!
Jeebus. The, uh, new server messed up my name 🙂
………..these are the people who make things happen.
anyway: THANKS!!
Steve Jobs was a buddhist/atheist.
His partner Steve Wozniak (a previous contestant on DWTS) is Jewish/atheist.
You can draw your own conclustion as to where Jobs will spend eternity.
As an atheist/atheist, you appear to be fullofshit/fullofshit.
@Chicagoland – LOL! Barbie toilet seat, how true.
RIP Steve and he did it without government handouts and enabling!
He most certainly did his part in contributing to the way we live.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Rest in peace.
Just Sayin, what is your problem. I only stated their beliefs, nothing more.
We love our Mac Mini’s.
So where is Steve spending eternity Indy?
The big hard drive in the sky?
@ Patrick:^^^^^^Pls. refer to the last sentence of my first comment. Thank you.
Okay Indy, but I’m not sure what ‘conclustion’ means?
That’s a head shot isn’t it?
FROM GEEKSUGAR:
Steve traveled to India to seek enlightenment and returned as a Buddhist.
Steve’s signature turtleneck is made by St. Croix.
Steve is adopted and has four children of his own.
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More Facts from Random Sources:
Black turtleneck sweatshirt and blue jeans – he owns over a hundred.
Both he and his wife are strict vegans, eating no animal products whatsoever.
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QUOTE:
“I want to put a ding in the universe. ”
Steve Jobs
I was disappointed to read he went to court when his girlfriend had his baby, he swore he was infertile. She had to go on welfare. Long afterwards he changed his mind and supported her.
Palermo is correct.
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Excerpts From:
The Kids of Business Icons: Lisa Brennan-Jobs
By Diane Bullock Aug 31, 2010
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” At one point Jobs even swore in a signed court document that he couldn’t be Lisa’s father because he was “sterile and infertile, and as a result thereof, did not have the physical capacity to procreate a child.” He later acknowledged paternity of Lisa, married Laurene Powell, a Stanford MBA, and fathered three more children. Lisa Brennan-Jobs, now 29, graduated from Harvard and is a writer. ” (From: CNN Money March 5 2008)
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“In California, my mother had raised me mostly alone. We didn’t have many things, but she is warm and we were happy. We moved a lot. We rented. My father was rich and renowned and later, as I got to know him, went on vacations with him, and then lived with him for a few years, I saw another, more glamorous world. The two sides didn’t mix, and I missed one when I had the other.”
“Steve Jobs did eventually claim paternity for his out-of-wedlock daughter and opened his home to her during her teenage years. He sent her to Harvard where she realized a flair for writing and earned her chops at the Harvard Crimson and The Harvard Advocate.”
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By Ava
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Palermo is correct.
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” At one point Jobs even swore in a signed court document that he couldn’t be Lisa’s father because he was “sterile and infertile, and as a result thereof, did not have the physical capacity to procreate a child.” He later acknowledged paternity of Lisa, married Laurene Powell, a Stanford MBA, and fathered three more children. Lisa Brennan-Jobs, now 29, graduated from Harvard and is a writer. ” (From: CNN Money March 5 2008)
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Excerpts From:
The Kids of Business Icons: Lisa Brennan-Jobs
By Diane Bullock Aug 31, 2010
“In California, my mother had raised me mostly alone. We didn’t have many things, but she is warm and we were happy. We moved a lot. We rented. My father was rich and renowned and later, as I got to know him, went on vacations with him, and then lived with him for a few years, I saw another, more glamorous world. The two sides didn’t mix, and I missed one when I had the other.”
“Steve Jobs did eventually claim paternity for his out-of-wedlock daughter and opened his home to her during her teenage years. He sent her to Harvard where she realized a flair for writing and earned her chops at the Harvard Crimson and The Harvard Advocate.”
Patrick, LOL. Yeah, ‘conclusion’ is what I may get from banging my head against a wall, sick of nothing on the tube but politics and politicians non-stop.
I don’t know strom…
APPLE
EXECUTIVES
Gil Amelio Business 1-Mar-1943 CEO of Apple, 1996-97
Fred D. Anderson Business c. 1945 CFO of Apple, 1996-2004
David J. Barram Government c. 1943 GSA Administrator, 1996-2001
Robert M. Calderoni Business c. 1959 CEO of Ariba, Inc.
Bill Campbell Business 31-Aug-1940 Chairman of Intuit
Deborah A. Coleman Business c. 1952 SmartForest Ventures
Timothy D. Cook Business c. 1960 COO of Apple
Jean-Louis Gassée Business 1944 Founder of Be, Inc.
Ellen M. Hancock Business c. 1945 CEO of Exodus Communications, 1998-2001
Trip Hawkins Business 28-Dec-1953 Founder of Electronic Arts
Steve Jobs Business 24-Feb-1955 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
E. Floyd Kvamme Business 1938 Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Allan Z. Loren Business c. 1938 CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, 2000-05
Heidi Roizen Business 1958 Mobius Venture Capital
John Sculley Business 6-Apr-1939 CEO of Apple, 1983-93
Michael Spindler Business 1942 CEO of Apple Computer, 1994-96
Bud Tribble Business c. 1953 Apple, NeXT
Steve Wozniak Computer Programmer 11-Aug-1950 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Delbert W. Yocam Business 24-Dec-1943 CEO of Borland, 1996-99
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
Bill Campbell Business 31-Aug-1940 Chairman of Intuit
Millard Drexler Business c. 1944 CEO of J. Crew
Al Gore Politician 31-Mar-1948 US Vice President under Clinton
Steve Jobs Business 24-Feb-1955 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Andrea Jung Business 1959 CEO of Avon
Arthur D. Levinson Business 31-Mar-1950 CEO of Genentech
Ronald D. Sugar Business 1948 CEO of Northrop Grumman
Gil Amelio Business 1-Mar-1943 CEO of Apple, 1996-97
Fred D. Anderson Business c. 1945 CFO of Apple, 1996-2004
Larry Ellison Business 17-Aug-1944 CEO of Oracle
James A. Lawrence Business 18-Oct-1952 CFO of Unilever
Delano E. Lewis Diplomat 12-Nov-1938 US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01
Arthur Rock Business 19-Aug-1926 Coined term “Venture Capitalism”
Eric Schmidt Business 27-Apr-1955 CEO of Google, 2001-11
Jerry York Business 22-Jun-1938 16-Mar-2010 CFO of IBM, 1993-95
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
Bill Atkinson Computer Programmer 1951 Creator of HyperCard, QuickDraw, MacPaint
Bill Budge Computer Programmer c. 1954 Programmed Raster Blaster
Steve Capps Computer Programmer ? Apple Newton, SoundEdit
Andy Hertzfeld Computer Programmer 6-Apr-1953 Macintosh designer
Guy Kawasaki Business 1954 Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer
Alan Kay Computer Programmer 17-May-1940 Father of Object-Oriented Programming
Jef Raskin Computer Programmer 9-Mar-1943 26-Feb-2005 Designed Macintosh human interface
EMPLOYMENT
Bud Colligan Business 14-Aug-1954 CEO of Macromedia, 1992-97
Robert X. Cringely Journalist c. 1953 Computer pundit I, Cringely
Tristan A. Farnon Cartoonist 20-Apr-1970 Leisure Town
Reid Hoffman Business 5-Aug-1967 Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Tom Jennings Computer Programmer 1955 Author of FidoNet BBS protocols
Shantanu Narayen Business c. 1963 CEO of Adobe
EXTRANEOUS
Captain Crunch Hacker c. 1944 Toothless hacker
Guy Kawasaki Business 1954 Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer
Bob Martinez Politician 25-Dec-1934 Governor of Florida, 1987-91
Arthur Rock Business 19-Aug-1926 Coined term “Venture Capitalism”
Vivian M. Stephenson Business c. 1937 COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
Alan Greenspan Economist 6-Mar-1926 Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball 16-Apr-1947 NBA records for most minutes, most points
Gisele Bundchen Model 20-Jul-1980 Brazilian supermodel
Kevin Costner Actor 18-Jan-1955 Dances with Wolves
Bob Dylan Musician 24-May-1941 The Times They Are A-Changin’
Feist Singer/Songwriter 13-Feb-1976 The Reminder
Will Ferrell Comic 16-Jul-1967 Saturday Night Live alumnus
Jeff Goldblum Actor 22-Oct-1952 The Fly
Tony Hawk Skateboarder 12-May-1968 Pro skateboarder
John Hodgman Author 3-Jun-1971 The Areas of My Expertise
Spike Lee Film Director 20-Mar-1957 Do The Right Thing
Robert Loggia Actor 3-Jan-1930 The Jagged Edge
Justin Long Actor 2-Jun-1978 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Wynton Marsalis Jazz Musician 18-Oct-1961 Trumpeter
David Mitchell Comic 14-Jul-1974 Peep Show
Einar Orn Singer 29-Oct-1962 Singer for The Sugarcubes
Verne Troyer Actor 1-Jan-1969 Mini-Me
Robert Webb Comic 29-Sep-1972 Peep Show
Barry White Singer 12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
Indy,
I think I have found a new delicious treat to watch each week. I saw the premiere of America Horror Story last night and really enjoyed it. The editing is a bit choppy until you get use to it.
The creepy ghosts on the show are incredibly horny! The hunky guy from the tv show The Practice is on there (Dylan something) and is buck naked throughout the show.
I love scary horror shows and movies. If you too, then you may really like this one!!
Ava, thank you very much for this information, but get ready for the following unbelievable statement:
I DON’T HAVE CABLE!
I’m probably the only one in the Free World without cable, but have 25 channels for free, and with other activities, that’s enough. 🙁 🙂
Indy, you are not the only one without cable. Too much for nonsense.
Indy, Do you have the fast internet connection through dial up ? I was thinking that probably Youtube or hulu.com might have it on their sites free soon.
I didn’t get a chance to watch the new 2.5 men but I did watch it later on Youtube.com
There’s more and more people that don’t have cable because they don’t think it is worth it or to $$ reasons.
I could probably do without it better than my husband or kids…..then again, maybe not. If the kids aren’t entertained, I would never get laundry done or the house cleaned. Plus, I work full time from home and office.
Who really cares….it’s not about posters!
ps) Indy, I guess I am just as bad or worse than the kids the more I think about it. I didn’t have cable or tv for almost ten years before I got married. (My family was kinda hippie-like. We read, went concerts, did community plays…etc.). When I got married, I sit in front of the tv amazed at the shows that were on. It had been years since I saw tv!!
Strom, Is there anything you like or love. ?? or anyone?? So what if it isn’t about the posters? why do you bother commenting about other people’s comments?
Why do you read the other comments and then feel the need to comment? Huh?
I think you comment because you are lonely. That’s okay too. Now, tell us about that book. Is it dirty? Are there photos?
You wouldn’t write anything racist in that book would ya Stromy?
Stromy, I bet that book of yours has scratch and sniff section. 🙂
Ava, I have the Fast AT&T Access, with of course YouTube, hulu, movies, access to about anything.
I love my MacBook, and kissed it every day after having worn out 4 PCs.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m glad that Indy and Ava made up. (I missed American Horror Story, thanks for the review Ava I’ll have to watch)
I also had a really bad thought when Ava asked if Strom liked or loved anyone: Could there be a (egads) Mrs. Strom?
Strom is a piece of work.
Isn’t she?
Lives in Calgary I think.
Steve Jobs most brilliant marketing ploy was to bundle older components in pretty packages and charge above marketplace prices for the finished products. It really appealed to Women who ate it up like ice cream.
Well, when Strom was Captain America, Mrs. Captain America got on this site and tried to bust everyone’s chops.