We’re All Pretty Stunned by the News — What About You? [Reaction]

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image: Dylan Roscover
image: Dylan Roscover

We all knew this day would come — but not so soon. My reaction was a sudden exclamation of “holy crap” after seeing the USA Today headline pop up on my iPad while on a conference call.

A minute later, one of the people on the other end, a Bay Area-based PR executive, said he’d just seen the news and that he realized what my outburst was about (I had tried to be somewhat quiet, since I was on the receiving end of a lengthy explanation). I was in shock for the rest of the (very short) conversation.

You can read about how Leander was shocked and saddened when he heard the news in his reaction post. Cult of Mac contributor Adam Rosen was frustrated with the timing: “I got the news simultaneously from NPR and the NY Times website, and thought ‘of course this happens when I’m out on vacation…’ ”

Additionally David W. Martin another Cult of Mac contributor was cooking dinner when he heard the announcement, “I was watching NBC news while cooking one of my favorites meals — turkey tacos. I had just prepared a plate and I was carrying it to the table when the news announced Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO. Needless to say I just about dropped the plate full of food when the news burst out of the TV. I’ll never look at those tacos the same way again…”

Of course, at the Cult of Mac we’re steeped in Apple stuff all day — it’s no wonder we’re all a little dazed. But what about you? What was your reaction? D’you feel as if it’s as big a deal as we do?

 

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