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Every once in a while, someone comes along and just changes everything. Crazy radical ideas that turn what you once knew to be the best into something that you just can’t live without. Today, innovation lost one of its greatest foreword thinkers.

You’ve got to find what you love

You don’t have to like Steve Jobs, or Apple, but you can’t deny the impact he’s had. In the short time that he was here, he was able to influence not only the technology industry, but the music industry and product design (and probably countless others we’re just not aware of yet). His ability to think different raised the bar for other companies to aim for – showing us how things should be done. Nearly every product you own has some degree of Steve’s influence.

I’m not a big fan of Steve Jobs myself – I’ve always felt he was kind of a douche – but I do respect the work he’s done. When I was younger, I always thought of Apple products as overpriced, underpowered, and limiting computers. I was wrong, very wrong. Now that I’m older, I’m able to appreciate the mantra that things should “just work”, that simplicity says more than information overload, and why can’t this thing that I use every day be functional and look good. It’s an aspect of not sacrificing design nor functionality that not everyone can recreate.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. – Steve Jobs

The world will feel Steve Jobs influence for many years to come. We lost a great innovator. So before you watch your favorite Pixar movie, listen to an mp3, go surfing the Internet, read an e-book (or whatever you crazy kids do on your electronic devices these days) on your iPod, iPhone, Mac, PC, Android device, iPad, or tablet take a moment and reflect and send your thanks to Steve Jobs for sharing his crazy ideas with us.

Thanks Steve, you’ll be missed.