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Steve Jobs...

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I'm not the world's biggest MAC fan, but his ability to see the potential in things really came to the forefront when he decided to purchase and grow Pixar (Which is WHY he owns 7% of Disney).

That was a fantastic thing, and he really stuck his neck out to make that happen.

Jay
 
Let's hope he recovers quickly. He truly is a brilliant man.
 
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Great and good words Jim, really.

Steve really did revolutionize the world in the 80s, he still got the spark but it’s hard to turn the world upside down more than once.

As many already have stated Jim, you are, or might be, a kind of Steve for us, which means filmmakers around the globe. In a way you already are but I whish you also would focus a little bit more on the semi-pros and consumers. Everybody cant afford a Lisa, but a not as fast but potential Macintosh might due for a lots of people that don’t want anything to do with IBM, if you get what I’m trying to say.

I have been working on Macs beginning with playing shuffle puck on a Mac Classic 2 in second grade and do write this on a 13” MacBook Pro. To day I see a lot of people shooting movies on DSLRs and other stuff, they cant afford your gear, how I wish they could because you are revolutionizing the world just like Steve did, but not for as many.

I hope Steve will return soon, and thanks for your words, best regards from Sweden /Pontus w
 
Get Well Quickly, Mr. Jobs.

Get Well Quickly, Mr. Jobs.

Perhaps because we have lived in the same community for nearly 30 years, I feel a particular kinship with Steve Jobs. And, because we have at least one mutual friend and our children attended the same school for a short time, I have had the privilege of meeting him, personally, and observing him periodically in the community. I can drive by his house in Palo Alto and often ride my bike past his famous and controversial Woodside house. And every once in awhile he'll pop into the Palo Alto Apple store and wander around, at least until too many people notice him and he slips out. I personally observed this only once, in the early days, but have heard it does happen occasionally. A "Steve Sighting" is definitely a bit of a rush.

Steve Jobs is a bona fide genius at what he does. People love to hate Apple for all its freakish secrecy and control and, some would say, arrogance, but you can hardly argue with its success under Mr. Jobs. In addition to being an original founder, he came out of exile to revitalize the company and he has made Apple the largest (market cap) tech company in the world and the second largest US company overall. Some say he is difficult to work for and even more difficult to please, but there is no arguing with his vision and his incredible ability to realize it.

I bought my first Macintosh in 1984 - yes, one of the originals. Since then I have brought more than 30 Macs into my house. My family has 4 iPhones. As soon as iPad 2 comes out, I'll have one of those , too. I edit on Final Cut. I organize my photos in Aperture and I have forsaken MS Office for iWork. But as much as I love Apple technology, from a practical standpoint, the most rewarding Apple ownership experience has been the common stock. I dare say, the profit from my ownership of Apple stock has paid for my Apple technology many times over! :smilielol5:

Long ago I gave up making the Mac vs. PC argument. (Well, sometimes I still do get sucked in!) To me, it really doesn't matter as I think I actually like owning the less popular computer. I hate the term "fanboy" when applied to owning Apple products because I feel I have chosen them intelligently and purposefully - and I like the whole Apple approach. But, if having a strong affinity for the products and strategy of a hugely successful company and brand makes me a "fanboy," than so be it. Consider me a Steve Jobs "fanboy," too because I have the utmost respect for his talent, his genius, and what he has created so far in his lifetime.

I don't have a lot of "heros" in business, but Mr. Jobs is on that list as is Mr. Jannard. I think they have a lot in common. I respect success and the person that it takes to turn a vision into reality.

So, get well fast, Steve! I know there are a lot more great ideas that you will bring to Apple before you settle into a comfortable retirement to your own Fiji island (next to Jim's, maybe?) :thumbup1:
 
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Great and good words Jim, really.

Steve really did revolutionize the world in the 80s, he still got the spark but it’s hard to turn the world upside down more than once.

As many already have stated Jim, you are, or might be, a kind of Steve for us, which means filmmakers around the globe. In a way you already are but I whish you also would focus a little bit more on the semi-pros and consumers. Everybody cant afford a Lisa, but a not as fast but potential Macintosh might due for a lots of people that don’t want anything to do with IBM, if you get what I’m trying to say.

I have been working on Macs beginning with playing shuffle puck on a Mac Classic 2 in second grade and do write this on a 13” MacBook Pro. To day I see a lot of people shooting movies on DSLRs and other stuff, they cant afford your gear, how I wish they could because you are revolutionizing the world just like Steve did, but not for as many.

I hope Steve will return soon, and thanks for your words, best regards from Sweden /Pontus w
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But remember that Apple never tried to be the cheapest, just the best value! (Like RED.) :smiley:
 
Thanks Jim for sharing that. It's great to hear such inspiring words.

I have a printout of one of Jim's inspiring forum posts in my office. I read it everyday because it motivates me to create the best images I can and work hard at being a better storyteller.

Thanks Jim!
 
I founded a tech co. a year ago with a senior exec at Apple who works right under Steve and have had the honor of meeting him twice. I gotta say I was more impressed with his Pixar story than the Apple story. He is truly an amazing guy!
 
Couldn't have said it better myself. I look up to Mr. Jobs immensely, and wish him a speedy recovery.
 
I learned this morning on my way to school about Steve's recent health concerns and I felt something quite powerful, considering I've never even met him and don't think I will.

Yet he's one of the few people that I truly admire. It blows my mind that one person can be behind Apple and Pixar. Apple's products and philosophy and Pixar's movies in some way represent very big ideas to me. They represent genius, creativity, ambition, culture, art and all things I love about human beings.

Let's hope he gets better. Even if he doesn't, he will still be one of the few who can truly say they changed the world.
 
First computer was an Epson laptop with 64K of built-in memory, an eight-line pop-up screen and a broken tape drive. It held 10 pages of text. So if I had to write a 20-page paper, I had to write 10 pages, dump the file and then write the next ten pages. Still better than the blue Smith-Corona and a jar of white-out.

First Mac, second computer, was a dual floppy Mac SE. That was one screamin' machine.

I have given Mr. Jobs plenty of my hard-earned cash since then. No regrets.

White light and good vibes and good health to you, Mr. Jobs. You have changed the world.

When I think back over my own years of productivity - in the publishing biz, paying my way through grade school trading stocks, then as a college professor, still winning and losing small fortunes on the side....

And now -- now typing this out on a Mac Tower, while the LTO-4 appliance copies across a recently shot project - I realize how much you have certainly influenced mine.
 
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I have to say here that Steve has had a tremendous influence on my life. I don't hold many as role models, but Steve certainly qualifies. He has inspired me.

I hold Steve in rare air. Walt Disney type air. To see health issues at his age touches me deeply. I only wish the best for him and hold out hope that he has many good years ahead of him.

I have met with Steve and found him extremely personable, respectful and wicked smart. I have also had the great luxury of hanging out with some incredible people... including Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong, Peter Jackson, Steven Soderbergh, Leo DiCaprio and David Fincher to name a few. There is an intangible quality in some that have been granted very special gifts. Steve qualifies... in the highest order.

God bless us all.

Jim
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Very classy post, Jim. I admire how you simultaneously give credit to someone who has inspired you, while continually inspiring others in similar ways.
 
I love these quotes:

In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s 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.

- Steve Jobs


Hell, I’m badder than Shaft, Superfly, James Bond and Kung Fu all put together, as Arlo Guthrie once said.

- Fake Steve Jobs


Get well quickly and completely, Steve.
 
Well said, Mr. Jannard. Steve Jobs is certainly an inspiration and I wish him a speedy recovery and return. It is appropriate that you, an inspiration to many here, would post this. This is a quote from a reader on Andrew Sullivan's blog today that I think sums up Apple (and RED) well, and explains why we all feel so invested in the success of both companies:

"Then there is this: Apple reaches for greatness without apology. Market share and profitability are important only as outcomes. They are not its purpose, which is to achieve the "insanely great." It is as if they are on an ongoing Grail quest. (As Professor Henry Jones said to Indiana: "The search for the Grail is the search for the Divine in all of us.")

Yeah, it's just some metal, plastic and silicon. And, yes, Apple makes a lot of money. But those two observations miss completely the point of Apple. It's about inspiration, hope and an embrace of the future and humanity's place within it."

If you just change this sentence to "Yeah, it's just some metal, plastic and silicon (and glass).", that kinda sums up the way I see RED - It IS about inspiration, hope and an embrace of the future and humanity's place within it.
 
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Steve Jobs is a one of a kind visionary and I hope he gets better. The world needs people like Steve Jobs.
 
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