it goes back to that decision to pick up computer science because of google apple and infosys. in retrospect it sounds foolish, naive may be. but this is how it is. years later when i saw the video of him launching the iphone, i like most of the consumers was enthralled by him. and while some may dismiss him as a shrewd marketer - that video meant much more. the conviction he had was dripping in every word he said. his arrogance and confidence were backed by a deep deep faith in his work. and stupid as it may sound, i have tried to work it into my worklife. if you are passionate about it, no matter how stupid and arrogant and perfectionist people may think of you, your work would bear results. you do stuff because you believe in it.... his passion, i can go on and on about it... but.. he is one person i feel has lived these words until the very end: Never Cared For What They Say.
next is about design. i am sure he had a huge team of designers to help him. but the sheer minimalism in the way he packaged himself and his products - wows you. nothing short. looking at the package you cant guess the complexity behind it. my love for design was fueled by the works of pixar and apple. i haven't put it to a commercial use yet - or may be i have. the numerous times when i have tried to visualize the written words into infographics in my deliverables at work. the need to say deeper things in simpler manner <- that came from him.
about sense of humour. class. class is the word. when pirates of the sillicon valley actor was on stage in the 1999 keynote, was it funny or what. the intro of the WWDC07. Humour is intelligence in the playground. that guy did it. Wit personified.
then about - and i can not summarise this part in words - about facing hardships. and while there is a lot i could talk about i want to write about the time i remember watching his 1997 keynote. to be able to face everyone, everyone who believes in you and tell them about the compromise with microsoft - the class, the cool and the conviction he demonstrated. phenomenal. i sometimes think if i was in his shoes, would i have been able to do it, face failures the way he did it. - whoa, i dont know. that guy, he knew whats important, he knew he had lost, he knew how to accept it, AND he knew how to move on. he just did it and never ever looked back. he earned respect not for how he won, but how he lost and came back again and again and again... and again.
he came back on stage in march 2011 to launch the ipad2. shrivelled up because of ill health but that passion dripping in everything he said. 'i couldn't stay back today.' - that drive comes not from money but from what you believe in. and that search to for the next best thing. of not being complacent in what you have achieved but to move on, find the next everest to conquer, the next moon to step on. just yesterday my boss and i were discussing of what was missing in the iphone4s launch - steve was and now he would always be.
it may be foolish, even ridiculous to be feeling sad and sentimental about this.... but i can't count the number of times i have looked at his life to make sense of mine. passion, perfection, creativity, originality - that's what he
So long, then. < poof! > *The Minister of Magic has left the building*
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