Steve Jobs: A Celebration

By Rita

While listening to the news of Steve Jobs’ death, with my Macintosh desktop, my iPhone and my iPad all nearby, I realized the amazing and magical impact Jobs’ innovation has brought us. He was so young when it all started. Now, it’s time to just say thank you.

So many people around the world own devices that were designed by Apple for both communication and to enjoy life. These things aren’t just beautiful to look at but also functional, appealing to the engineer and the artist in all of us.

The Apple innovator’s life was short but astounding. During the Arab Spring you could see the impact of his work through videos and pictures captured on iPhones and iPods. Every plane ride you get on is filled with iDevices being used by people of all ages. We are one world now, enjoying music, art, culture, and each other through many of the technological gifts Steve Jobs gave us.

We have so many interesting computer fonts today partly thanks to Jobs. After he dropped out of Reed College Jobs took courses he was interested in, including calligraphy. Had he never learned to use a brush and ink pen to create beautiful scripts then many wonderful fonts available to us now through Mac would never have existed.

I’m also acutely aware that if it were not for many of my Mac products and the applications that come with them, Wilfrida’s Closet would not have been launched. While we value tradition and the art of handcrafting, we recognize and appreciate technology and what it allows us. Wilfrida’s Closet encourages creativity and individuality, two things Steve Jobs exhibited through his ideas.

Thank you, Steve, for all of your wonderful ideas.

As I listened to the recording of Jobs’ graduation speech for the Stanford class of 2005, I heard his own personal stories of the life lessons he’d endure, and creative suggestions and ideas for future generations.