My sincere condolences to the Jobs family, his friends, co-workers and everyone who was touched by him or mourns his passing.

I never met Steve Jobs, I did not know him personally although many of us wish we could have. He was an inspiring figure that with his love of technology changed the world, and millions of people’s lives with it.

My father is a software engineer and as such I’ve always been surrounded by the latest computers and gadgets. He would often tell stories about working on the first Macs, before they were known as such. He even sold them in a local university computer store. So when I decided I wanted to go into graphic design, more than a decade ago, I decided that I wanted a Mac. My dad could not have been more pleased. While he himself used a windows based computer now for work, he always admired Apple products and could not speak more highly of them.

Then the iPod came out, and since its inception I have had all but one model out of the variations over the years. I often had three or four I used at the same time just to justify owning each type. But I still remember the big white rectangular device with its buttons along the bottom of the screen before the invention of the click-wheel or touch screen in music devices. Most of my friends were still using CD players at the time, walkmans. They marveled over the ingenious, “magical and revolutionary” device. But that was just the beginning.

I’m sad to say I have never owned an iPad or an iPhone, although both are on my wishlist and have been since they were merely rumours. I firmly believe that these devices have changed the world. They have changed how we communicate with each other, how we interact and share information. They touch our everyday lives and make them better, and in turn make us better.

I remember watching every Apple keynote presentation, either when it was posted online or I would follow along on a blog that was updated by the minute. Sometimes I would watch the keynotes over and over, just because of Steve’s passion for his job, his company, his products and his vision. His attitude and love of technology made me love it too. When he would introduce a new product he was no energetic and enthusiastic about it that it was just infectious; you could not help but be excited too.

As I’m sitting here, typing this on my beloved MacBook with tears in my eyes, I cannot help but still be shocked by this news even though we knew it was coming. When he stepped down as CEO in August, we knew… he was a man who would never have parted with his company if there had even had been a chance. I only wish we could have had another decade to see what other revolutionary and magical devices he would have dreamed up next. He had the ability to know what he wanted, before we even knew we wanted. Steve Jobs truly was a visionary. His passing, just after the conference and the announcement of the latest iPhone just makes it all the harder to accept that he really is gone. The only consolation that we have is that he left behind a legacy for us to not only remember, but to for us to look forward to in the future. He inspired so many people and showed them that dreams can become reality. His inspiration will only serve to fuel other innovators to strive for not just success, but if they are passionate about their dreams that they can make them real and tangible.

Steve Jobs has truly changed the world. He touched our lives and even our hearts with his love of life and everything Apple. We will forever miss that infectious enthusiasm, his quirky jokes, and the man who not only gave us technology to use but made us love using it.

YOU WILL BE MISSED.

May you rest in peace Steve Jobs.

Sorry for the lack of blogging recently, life has been kinda crazy this past month. I posted before that I started my new job and it is going really well. The law firm I work at is a really good one and all the people who work there are great. I even got a new office chair for myself

March 31st was also my birthday, so Happy belated Birthday to myself! Lol. I hosted my first party at my house, which was awesome but a lot of work at the same time. To sum it up: lasagna, pizza, garlic bread, alcohol (lots of it!), jell-o shoots, and 4 dozen cupcakes lol. We actually went to McDonald’s to… obtain… the little paper cups that they use for ketchup for the jell-o shoots. On the actual day (it was a Thursday), my family went out for dinner to this nice little Italian restaurant with amazing food! Overall it was a pretty good birthday

Hello and welcome to serene. This is my first post here myself, which is really quite exciting for me. I’ve been blogging since 2000 on a number of domains, mainly serene-silence.net, misslucky.net and serenesky.net. Due to certain circumstances I have been without a site for many months now so I am attempting to get back into the game I’ve definitely missed blogging!

I have had a lot of exciting things happen to me lately… probably the most exciting is the fact that on Friday I was had not one but two job offers after several weeks of searching. I start a week Monday, as this Monday is a holiday here in Canada (Family Day — the silliest name for a holiday, in my opinion). The second was being hosted by the fabulous Georgina <3 I will try and update again soon but I must go back to tweeking this layout and adding some content