Thanks Steve
By Adam Ferguson
My father worked at a computer software company that specialized in educational software for Apple computers. It was his realization that the computer was the future early on, as well as his desire for the non-sports loving one of his sons to find a diversion that he brought home an Apple IIe for the family. And this one moment established us as an Apple family from the start, through the dark days of Apple in the 90s and finally into the Apple resurgence at the turn of the century and beyond. It was never a question of what make of computer we’d get next, it was a question of which Apple computer we’d get next.
I’ve spent the last day wondering why I’ve been so upset by the passing of Steve Jobs. I don’t recall every feeling such sadness at the loss of another human being I’ve never met. And really, the last time I felt this way about the loss of something was at the end of Back to the Future III when then Delorean gets destroyed by an on-coming train. But upon further inspection, I think I’ve figured it out.
