Steve Jobs: A Personal Tribute

Picture courtesy: Tanita Jha

Thank you for the Apple

(which started it all)

Thank you for the Mac

(which became a staple in my former profession, advertising)

Thank you for the iPod

(which turned my daughter off Barbies and on to music)

Thank you for iTunes

(which accounted for an unfathomable number (okay about 1000) of the following plea: “Mum, please can I buy this song, please, please, pretty please”  and delivered pleasure and music cred in equal amounts)

Thank you for the iPhone

(Which turned whole leagues of my relatives and friends into texting, calling, picture-taking and internet-surfing techno zombos since its debut)

Thank you for the iPad

(which demoted laptops to “clunky” and “cumbersome” for many activities, including checking your Facebook)

Thank you for Monsters Inc

(which tapped into everyone’s childhood fear of monsters in the most delightful way)

Thank you for Toy Story 1, 11 and 111

(for Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr.Potato Head, Slinky Dog and Bo Peep and their marvelous adventures)

Thank you for Finding Nemo

(for the unforgettable love story and adventure of Marlin and Dory in their quest to find Nemo)

Thank you for A Bug’s Life, The Incredibles, Cars and all the other wonderful animated films  (Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up) produced by Pixar before and after Disney acquired it

Thank you Steve Jobs, for all these Gifts of Inspiration and for the inspiring life you led

From your ever-grateful consumers and fans, Minoo and Tanita

P.S. Though you are gone, your legacy will live on - in our pockets, backpacks, handbags, briefcases, laptop cases, docking stations, gaming systems, toy baskets and on tv, computer and movie screens - all over the world. And in the dreams of future visionaries like yourself