Some of us at Nurenu are old enough to remember what computers were like before the Macintosh. Others can barely remember a time before the iPod.
We are an Apple shop
All of our work is done on iMacs or MacBook Pros. We communicate on our iPhones and use our iPads in meetings and at demonstrations (or just to play Angry Birds, we admit it).
But in many ways beyond the way we work and use technology, Steve Jobs had a tremendous impact on all of our lives.
He had the vision to see the future when computers were still big boxes that filled entire rooms in universities. He saw how technology could enrich our lives in countless ways and had the courage (some say stubbornness) to drag us along for the ride.
Oh we complained plenty when he took away our serial port and floppy drive (iMac), our optical drive (MacBook Air) or keyboard (iPhone). We wondered why we would ever need an iPod or an iPad and then we complained when the iPhone 4S launch didn’t meet our expectations. But then we realized he was a few steps ahead of us and right all along.
Jobs was found of quoting a line from the Whole Earth Catalog that we think fits his legacy perfectly. “Stay hungry and stay foolish.”
Photo Credit: Robert Koehn provided this poignant photo.
