Brian Manzella
Administrator
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died today. He was 56.
You can't get any bigger in any industry than Jobs did in personal electronics. You can't make any more money. You can't make any bigger dent in the world running a non-healh care or non-defense business.
He made a huge dent in my life too. In a round about way, he saved my career.
I knew a long time ago computers were going to take over, but I was scared of them. But, there was this Apple Macintosh thing.
It did not look intimidating. It was easy to learn. So I did, at $10 an hour rental from Kinko's.
It made me comfortable with the device and I drove 750 miles to get my first one, used from an old pal. It was in disrepair and the trip was all for naught. But I got one soon, courtesy of my long time sponsor, my Mama.
Soon after, I learned about the internet on another one of Steve's ideas, eWorld. It was far easier to learn than AOL. I found golf discussion forums, and the rest is history.
56 is very young, and as I sit at a few months shy of 50, it is hard to believe how many folks don't make it to 60.
My Dad passed at 57, and my biggest business rival at 56. Way too young. Way too little time on this earth.
Nobody knows when the clock will tick down to zero, all you can do is do your best with the time you have right now.
Steve Jobs didn't always succeed. He was pushed out at Apple, and the guys who replaced him were a total joke. He had started Next Computer and never let any moss grow under his feet. I followed his every move in the Mac mags, and when he got his second chance to run "his" company I knew he was going to kick some rear end. I told Mike Finney to load up on the stock. It was about $13.50. Mike bought some at about $15 and sold way too early, but I least I helped somebody with the biggest lock in stock history.
The guy was a genius in many ways, and in many ways changed the world for the better.
Thanks for everything Steve.
by Brian Manzella. Written on a 2011 MacBook Air, while traveling Delta Airlines and uploaded in mid flight via WiFi.
You can't get any bigger in any industry than Jobs did in personal electronics. You can't make any more money. You can't make any bigger dent in the world running a non-healh care or non-defense business.
He made a huge dent in my life too. In a round about way, he saved my career.
I knew a long time ago computers were going to take over, but I was scared of them. But, there was this Apple Macintosh thing.
It did not look intimidating. It was easy to learn. So I did, at $10 an hour rental from Kinko's.
It made me comfortable with the device and I drove 750 miles to get my first one, used from an old pal. It was in disrepair and the trip was all for naught. But I got one soon, courtesy of my long time sponsor, my Mama.
Soon after, I learned about the internet on another one of Steve's ideas, eWorld. It was far easier to learn than AOL. I found golf discussion forums, and the rest is history.
56 is very young, and as I sit at a few months shy of 50, it is hard to believe how many folks don't make it to 60.
My Dad passed at 57, and my biggest business rival at 56. Way too young. Way too little time on this earth.
Nobody knows when the clock will tick down to zero, all you can do is do your best with the time you have right now.
Steve Jobs didn't always succeed. He was pushed out at Apple, and the guys who replaced him were a total joke. He had started Next Computer and never let any moss grow under his feet. I followed his every move in the Mac mags, and when he got his second chance to run "his" company I knew he was going to kick some rear end. I told Mike Finney to load up on the stock. It was about $13.50. Mike bought some at about $15 and sold way too early, but I least I helped somebody with the biggest lock in stock history.
The guy was a genius in many ways, and in many ways changed the world for the better.
Thanks for everything Steve.
by Brian Manzella. Written on a 2011 MacBook Air, while traveling Delta Airlines and uploaded in mid flight via WiFi.
