A few weeks ago, the world is shocked because of the death of Steve Jobs. To me, He is a live legend of creativity and innovations. I am also amazed by his passion that he has devoted all his life to technologies. His great inventions for Mac, Ipod, Iphone, Ipad have changed the world’s attitude towards technology. Moreover, his contributions to Pixar also led to a great step forward of the development of the animation industry. To be honest, I didn’t know him quite well before he left us. After the announcements of his death, hundreds of thousands of posts were uploaded to different media. Thank to the new media, I searched for anything about Steve Jobs with just a “click”.
First of all, Apple has created a webpage to remember this memorable genius:
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
It shows messages written by the public. You can also share yours at rememberingsteve@apple.com.
Here’s another website which is quite interesting. It is called “All about Steve Jobs.com”.Obviously, this website includes all sorts of information about Steve Jobs. You can find his basic profile, family and friends, his opinion awards work and life, his pictures and his short movies. The most interesting feature is that you can look for people’s opinion from the blog. The blogger will post news about Steve Jobs on the blog so that you can get the latest news from the blog.
Not only creates message boards and websites, people designed animations to show their admiration for Steve:
Some people also composed songs and music videos to him (I am sorry it’s in Cantonese. This video is so well composed that I really want to share it). The song is about his enormous contributions to technology. His revolutions of computer and mobile phone had enlightened the world. We will never forget this genius.
Writing for new media not only can report practical facts or events, it also assists people to show the love and care in different ways.
Steve, you are amazing, we will never forget you.
RIP Steve Jobs.
I do agree the eminent contribution of Steve Jobs to the new media industry.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to the point you mentioned, I think his most influential effort in new media is his idea of creating Internet access experience that is easy and portable.
Before the introduction of Iphone 3, Internet was not new, touch screen technology was not new and mobile phone was of course not new.
However, Iphone 3 bought the idea of using your mobile just as how you use your computer, and this concept is really new for general public like us.
What came in line is new media development that greatly impacted how we write, read and socialize with others. This is really a good example of how great IDEA change the world.
Hi Joey,
ReplyDeleteThe death of Steve Jobs has broken so many people's hearts. It is undeniable that Steve Jobs has contributed so much on human's technology. From the innovation of iphone as one of the most popular smart phones worldwide, no one will oppose that he is one of the live legends in the past decade.
By the way, it is so warm-hearted to have you sharing the fan sites of Steve Jobs, where we can always remember him and know more about him.
Yvonne