{"id":7654,"date":"2011-10-05T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T02:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilychang.com\/?p=7654"},"modified":"2011-10-07T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:12:09","slug":"steve-jobs-1955-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilychang.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/steve-jobs-1955-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, Steve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I got my first Mac when I was thirteen (thanks to my progressive parents) and my life hasn’t been the same since. Steve Jobs inspired me beyond the physical products that he helped make at Apple, but through his ideas and his relentless pursuit of his own vision to change the world. He elevated design to the forefront of consumer products and business and his successful, detailed attention to user experience resulted in products that we love to use. I’m greatly saddened by his passing, but I feel lucky to have been influenced and inspired by him.<\/p>\n

Some of my favorite quotes by Jobs:<\/p>\n

\u201cYour time is limited, so don\u2019t waste it living someone else\u2019s life. Don\u2019t be trapped by dogma \u2013 which is living with the results of other people\u2019s thinking. Don\u2019t let the noise of other\u2019s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn most people\u2019s vocabularies, design means veneer. It\u2019s interior decorating. It\u2019s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost everything\u2013all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure\u2013these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

And of course, another favorite:<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes\u2026 the ones who see things differently \u2014 they\u2019re not fond of rules\u2026 You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can\u2019t do is ignore them because they change things\u2026 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to Henning in the comments for pointing out the origin of that quote.<\/p>\n

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