Monday, January 05, 2009

Get Well Soon, Steve!

Ever since I played with Lisa Paint in 1983 I knew that Apple was a rare company capable of bringing innovative software out of the lab, wrapping it in beautifully-designed hardware, and getting the message out to people that this was the way technology was supposed to be.

The drive behind this synthesis has been Steve Jobs, who brought a very rare combination of skills and aesthetics to a culture of nerds and geeks that has fuelled Macintosh to be the creative and design tool for the "rest of us".

Having attended both MacWorld 2008 and WWDC 2008 I was worried about Steve's weight, and today he explained that it appears to be a treatable condition and we can relax.

Get well soon Steve, even if that means needing to do more meditation and taking some personal time. You've taught us well and we'll all take care of Apple for you while you do.

1 comment:

Thomas Clifford said...

Dave you rock...are you on twitter?