Dear Steve,
Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for building the tools that have enabled me to do my life’s work so far. You didn’t do it alone but you had a vision of how you thought things should be, and you had the courage to go through with it.
You put a human face on technology. Before you, computers were something for geeks, suits and labcoats. Today, the PC is truly personal and the iPhone and iPad show us the way to a digital future which only seemed possible in science fiction.
You inspired me personally. You showed me that we should never settle for mediocre. That we should always challenge the status quo. It’s something I’ve tried my best to live by and which I hope I’ll never forget. I’m crying today.