Obviously, by now, you've undoubtedly heard the news that Steve Jobs passed away. His battle with pancreatic cancer was lost at the age of 56. I am sure there are those that can memorialize him much better than I but it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the huge influence he had on our lives. It's crazy to feel a loss for the head of a corporation that made computers and personal devices but he always seemed Different, more passionate, more on top of his game. He, and Apple, changed my life in numerous ways (as did Bill Gates with DOS / Windows 3.1) and I thank him for it.. the future we imagined as kids is closer at hand thanks to his efforts.

• Apple Memorial
• Jon Contino Steve Desktop
• Devour Video Memorial
• WIRED: Steve Jobs Memorial - no permalink so visit while it's still up.. some phenomenal quotes from a ridiculously wide range of people.
• Brian Lam (Gizmodo) on Steve Jobs - if you can get past the absolutely awful site design and hard-to-read type this is a pretty fascinating story of Steve Jobs interaction with Brian Lam of Gizmodo, covering the whole debacle with the iPhone prototype.