Tim Cook, Phil Schiller and others who knew him have made public comments commemorating Steve Jobs, who passed away three years ago today.
Cook sent out two tweets, quoting Jobs from his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address as saying, “You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.” In the second message he said that he was in Grand Canyon National Park, backpacking and “thinking of SJ and his many gifts to the world.”
Remembering SJ, “You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.”
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 5, 2014
In Grand Canyon National Park backpacking and thinking of SJ and his many gifts to the world.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 5, 2014
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, meanwhile opted for the simple message, “Thinking of Steve,” followed by the hashtag SteveJobs.
Thinking of Steve #SteveJobs pic.twitter.com/EfZzMj20Hm
— Philip Schiller (@pschiller) October 5, 2014
Even business rivals have taken the time to speak of their admiration for Jobs. In a recent interview with CNNMoney, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt described Steve Jobs as his hero, and noted that, “We could all aspire to be a small percentage of Steve.”
Plenty of other tech workers — including present and former Apple employees — have shared their memories of Jobs. “Three years later, I still vividly remember the meeting I was in at Apple when we learned the news of Steve passing,” wrote Mark Kawano, former Apple designer/UX evangelist in a message on Twitter.
Three years later, I still vividly remember the meeting I was in at Apple when we learned the news of Steve passing. @vickimurley — Mark Kawano (@markkawano) October 5, 2014
On Friday, Cook sent out an email to Apple employees, noting that, “Steve’s vision extended far beyond the years he was alive, and the values on which he built Apple will always be with us. Many of the ideas and projects we’re working on today got started after he died, but his influence on them — and on all of us — is unmistakeable.”
People wanting to share their own memories of Jobs can do so at the dedicated Apple email address rememberingsteve@apple.com.
