These guys say it better than I can.

Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot via daringfireball.net

But the thing that struck me were his shoes, those famous gray New Balance 993s. They too were well-worn. But also this: fresh bright green grass stains all over the heels.

Steve Jobs as Frank Lloyd Wright via scripting.com

I wish Jobs had been a blogger, had written about his design process, so I could quote something. But he was the opposite of a blogger. Jobs was a mass communicator. No one in my generation has mastered the art as Jobs did. Today, with the outpouring of feeling on the net, are people mourning the man, or the phenomena he could unleash, just by saying “One more thing.”

Steve Jobs via cmdrtaco.net

Without Jobs, Pixar might never have broke free from Lucasfilm: advancing computer animation beyond universities and experimental film.

Black Turtleneck Cocktail via chipotle.tumblr.com

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a Luxardo maraschino cherry or an organic cocktail cherry. Turn to face Cupertino and raise your glass.

Jobs via webmonkey.com

It’s impossible to imagine the web as it is today without Steve Jobs in the story. Even something as seemingly simple as proportional width fonts might not exist were it not for Jobs and Apple, to say nothing of the WebKit project and dozens of other contributions.

Jobs authorized biography so his kids can know him via reuters.com

Steve Jobs, in pain and too weak to climb stairs a few weeks before his death, wanted his children to understand why he wasn’t always there for them, according to the author of his highly anticipated biography.

No one wants to die. via jessiechar.tumblr.com

Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Steve Jobs via cringely.com

I first met Steve Jobs in the spring of 1977 when I helped the two Steves take a prototype computer out of Woz’s Fiat at a Homebrew Computer Club meeting. In the 34 years that followed I was hired and fired by Steve more than once, our relationship conducted in large part through screaming. “Sometimes I can be an asshole,” he said to me many times, and it was true, but I miss him already.

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