As a lover of the iPhone (quite literally apparently - according to this report) I know first hand the difference that this piece of technology has made to the lives of millions of people around the world.
People with iPhones get a hard time of it. Always being online, checking emails (work and personal) at silly times and stalking people on facebook are the usual slags. Having an 'app' for pretty much every problem you find yourself in, or simply just being the annoying person who check up on facts mid-way through a conversation.
I like doing all of these things, and so was a fan of both the iPhone and its inventor.
Many eulogies have come out today about him. For example, in the words of Obama, Steve Jobs was:
"brave enough to think differently, bold enough to think he could change the world and talented enough to do it."Well said.
For me though the best quote about Steve Jobs came from a social entrepreneur based in Ireland, Lisa Domican. Lisa invented the Grace App, an iPhone application that allows children with autism to communicate using a system of pictures and photographs.
Lisa created the app for her daughter Grace, who is autistic and finds verbal communication difficult. With the iPhone app, Grace, and other children like her, can communicate exactly what they want to say.
And so the words that really struck me today was a message I received from Lisa:
"Feeling very sad about Steve Jobs today. Without the iPhone I don't think Gracie would be talking to me"Out of all the other great things that Steve Job achieved, this has to rank right up there.
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