10 years without Steve Jobs, Apple’s genius and mind

Ten years without Steve Jobs. The genius and the mind of Apple in fact died at the age of 56 on October 5, 2011, killed by pancreatic cancer. From a small garage opened together with his partner Steve Wozniak – who over time has however reduced the myth -, Jobs has conquered Silicon Valley innovation after innovation: before, long before the iPhone, iPad and Apple Store as places of computer worship, Jobs he challenged his direct competitor Bill Gates with the first personal computer equipped with a mouse – the Macintosh – then passing through the revolution of the iPod and iTunes. Inventor of a new concept of mobile telephony that combined advanced technology and design, the genius of Apple over the years – and still alive – has also managed to become an icon in turn, recognizable and recognized in the inevitable suit made from a simple black turtleneck and light jeans. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”, “be hungry, be crazy”, the famous sentence pronounced at the end of the historic speech at Stanford University on June 12, 2005 and heartfelt encouragement to the young graduates of the time who were starting “a new life” while hers, even then, had been shocked by the news of cancer. “Remembering that I will die soon is the most important tool I have ever encountered for making the great choices in life”, he explained from the stage, because “almost all things, all the expectations of eternity, all the pride, all the fears of to be embarrassed or to fail, they simply vanish in the face of death, leaving only what is really important. Remembering that we must die is the best way I know to avoid falling into the trap of thinking you have something. to lose. You are already naked – the invitation -. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ” If years later, farewell to the world.