More on Jobs

Rico says the eulogies just keep coming:

Maura Judkis has an article in The Washington Post about a portrait of Steve Jobs by Diana Walker making it into the National Portrait Gallery (photo).
Reuters has the story of fhe off-Broadway one-man show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, which will open at The Public Theater in New York City on 17 October.
Nick Wingfield and Amy Chozick have an article in The New York Times about Apple TV and Steve Jobs here.
The Californian, from Salinas, California, has an article about Jobs.
Zennie Abraham has an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the continuing Bay Area connection with Steve Jobs.
The International Business Times has an article about things in the works at Apple.
Forbes has an article by Ray Kwong about the Chinese reaction to Jobs' death.
Time has articles by Harry McCracken, James Poniewozik, Jeffery Kluger, and Jonathan Berr about Steve's passing and his legacy, here, here, here, here, and here.
Andrew Rosenthal has an editorial in The New York Times about Jobs.
David Streitfeld has an article in The New York Times about the personal tact, or lack of it, of Steve Jobs., noting that: "Jobs never let up. He chewed out subordinates and partners who failed to deliver, trashed competitors who did not measure up, and told know-it-all pundits to take a hike. He had a vision of greatness that he wielded to reshape the computer, telephone, and entertainment industries, and he would brook no compromise."
Charles Duhigg has an article in The New York Times about making a pilgrimage to say goodbye: "Jobs spent his final weeks, as he had spent most of his life, in tight control of his choices. He invited a close friend, the physician Dean Ornish, a preventive health advocate, to join him for sushi at one of his favorite restaurants, Jin Sho in Palo Alto. He said goodbye to longtime colleagues including the venture capitalist John Doerr, Apple board member Bill Campbell, and the Disney chief executive Robert A. Iger. He offered Apple’s executives advice on unveiling the iPhone 4S, which occurred on Tuesday. He spoke to his biographer, Walter Isaacson. He started a new drug regime, and told some friends that there was reason for hope.
But, mostly, he spent time with his wife and children — who will now oversee a fortune of at least $6.5 billion, and, in addition to their grief, take on responsibility for tending to the legacy of someone who was as much a symbol as a man."
Warren Murray has an article in The Guardian about Jobs' biography, written by Walter Isaacson, formerly a managing editor at Time: "Customer pre-purchases have already made it the number one bestseller at Amazon." The Guardian also has a video about those grieving for Jobs at the Apple Store in New York City:

Stuart Elliott and Tanzina Vega have an article in The New York Times about the influence of Jobs and Apple on advertising, including the famous 1984 ad:

But occasionally, of course, Apple just had to poke fun at Microsoft:

(Okay, okay, Rico says he'll stop with the Microsoft bashing. But it's so much fun...)

Jobs gave the 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, and Rico says it's become a personal inspiration to him about following your dream:


There are some nay-sayers out there, and Greg Tito has an article in The Escapist, along with an article in the International Business Times, about a Baptist church (and not even the Church of Microsoft) who'll be picketing his funeral. Rico says this is another classic why-Rico-hates-the-religious story:

The Westboro Baptist Church said it plans to protest his funeral. The irony? The church sent the message out using the iPhone... The controversial Topeka, Kansas church, founded by Fred Phelps, reportedly has about seventy members, and has faced widespread criticism for using the iPhone to tweet its messages.  The church has previously demonstrated at the funerals of other famous figures, celebrities, and American soldiers, with vitriolic messages like Thank God for dead soldiers and Thank God for 9/11... In response to the latest criticism, Margie Phelps replied: "Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell. God created iPhone for that purpose!"

If there were justice in this world (let alone the next one), Rico says they sound like good candidates to get a faceful of Mace at the funeral...
Rico says he didn't know all the people that Jobs knew, obviously, but Bill Campbell was his old boss (and an incredible guy) at Claris.