{"id":861,"date":"2011-10-05T22:50:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T02:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=861"},"modified":"2011-11-23T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:05:15","slug":"reflecting-on-steve-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2011\/10\/05\/reflecting-on-steve-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on Steve Jobs …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steve<\/a><\/p>\n

We learned this evening that Steve Jobs has passed away. The founder and visionary leader of Apple, Inc. had announced a month or so ago that “the day had come when he could no longer fulfil his obligations at Apple, and that the time had come for him to step down.” Having been on medical leave since January, the news suggested that his health concerns had continued. And now we know that must have been the case.<\/p>\n

To combat the sombre tone of the news, I chased down some music reminiscent of Steve’s\u00a0vision<\/strong>\u00a0anddreams<\/strong>, and together with a recording of his 2005 Commencement Address to graduates at Stanford, and shared a broadcast on\u00a0#ds106radio<\/a>\u00a0at around 9:00 pm. During the broadcast, some thoughts and memories started to emerge. I’ll share those thoughts in a subsequent post. For now, here are some excerpts from selected lyrics from the playlist.<\/p>\n

“When you dream, what do you dream about?”\u00a0<\/em>
\n— \u00a0from When You Dream by The BNL<\/p>\n

\u00a0“A man has dreams of walking with giants<\/em>
\nTo carve his niche in the edifice of time<\/em>
\nBefore the mortar of his zeal<\/em>
\nHas a chance to congeal<\/em>
\nThe cup is dashed from his lips<\/em>
\nThe flame is snuffed aborning<\/em>
\nHe’s brought to rack and ruin in his prime.”<\/em>
\n— from A Man Has Dreams\u00a0from Mary Poppins<\/p>\n

“Birds singing in the sycamore trees \u2026<\/em>
\nStars fading, but I’ll linger on \u2026<\/em>
\nSweet dreams till sunbeams find ya \u2026<\/em>
\nDream a little dream of me \u2026”<\/em>
\n— (excerpts) from Dream a Little Dream of Me by Louis Armstrong<\/p>\n

“I’ll give you panavision pictures, ’cause you give me technicolour dreams \u2026”<\/em>
\n— from Technicolour Dreams by The Bee Gees<\/p>\n

“Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.”
\n<\/em>— from\u00a0Daydream Believer\u00a0by The Monkees<\/p>\n

“…take a sad song, and make it better …”<\/em>
\n— from Hey, Jude by The Beatles<\/p>\n

Steve Jobs Commencement Address, Stanford 2005<\/strong><\/h3>\n