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What’s a guy like me that hates on Apple so much doing writing a post about the former-CEO of, and core reason behind the success of, Apple?

Fact of the matter is, I live in a nearly completely Apple-free house-hold. I have a Samsung laptop, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Atrix cellphones, I’m a recently retired Nokia fan, and I run a Windows Network in my house to control my television and computing experience.

So where do I get off writing about the guy behind the company I never have, and never will, support? Frankly, because Steve Jobs was one of the single most influential people in the consumer technology industry as we know it today. He introduced the “every person” to things like tablet computers and smartphones. Jobs also threw the idea that a computer should be a clunky ugly thing out the window, and gave customers sleek, stylish computers that looked as well as they worked.

Steve Jobs put the world of technology into a rat-race to improve, as a whole, and for that, I thank Mr. Jobs. It was his vision that drove the idea behind the “software-powered cellphone market”, instead of simply having stellar hardware. It was his vision that gave us tablet computing on a vast, and rapidly growing scale. Hell, he even popularized the MP3, when the RIAA executives loathed the new technology and did nothing short than claim it to be a product of the Devil Himself.

If I’m not mistaken, Steve Jobs’ Apple was also behind the H.264 codec for video – which is completely insane, oh and Pixar of course.

So yes, Steve Jobs was an incredibly powerful driving force in the industry I love, work in, play in, and endorse on a daily basis. I only hope that this industry, this nation, and this world, looks at his passing, and what he has done, as an inspiration for the power of creativity, vision, and a means to execute.

It’s through creative genius, and taking risks that we will progress as a people. Steve Jobs was the first of this class to make the biggest splash, and hopefully it’s just the beginning. Celebrate his life by continuing this legacy.

10.6.11 • posted in: Technology