Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
~Steve Jobs
The remarkable Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computer, had nothing to do with ungulates, or animals of any sort. He was a designer, a maker, a leader, and above all, a tireless visionary, but the influence of his passionate life's work (Apple) profoundly changed my life as an artist and designer, beginning with my family's first Macintosh: I was most fortunate to have a father who was, I suspect, waiting with baited breath for the invention of computers since he was a mere tyke... when the Macintosh was released, we had one. Well before Macs were available to me at school, I was spending countless evening hours completing homework with PageMaker and McPaint - stone age programs by today's standards, but at the time, they still shamed the black and green-screen IBMs in my high-school typing class. By the time I was 16, my parents had built their own graphic design business - powered by a small office of Macs - we had multiple Macs stationed around the house, and at that point, since I spoke Adobe as a second language, I became the first to apply to a number of my chosen institutions of higher learning with an interactive portfolio delivered on CD-ROM - all made on a Mac.
Today, I write this post from the desktop G5 in my own illustration/design studio, with 2 Apple displays center stage, an iPod plugged in to my left, and my indispensable iPhone tucked into a sweater pocket. I have been branded, without a doubt, though rarely have I felt such brand loyalty more well deserved. RIP, Mr. Jobs. You didn't just change the world, you changed it multiple times over, and bettered it at every step.
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