RIP Steve Jobs…

There’s nothing for me to say. Whatever I could and wanted to say is being said by everyone on every single site around the world.

I don’t have superlatives and adjectives to describe you. The only way I can describe you is by the word: iNspiration.

I want to thank you for inspiring me and millions others. The Stanford Speech today is one of the best available guiding principle on life that can be heard and read by everyone. The style that you made popular will never be forgotten.

Dear Steve, you once famously said you wanted to make a dent in the universe. There are few people who do what they say and you are one of them. You’ve created a dent in the universe with your products, your style, your charisma, your charm.

You have certainly created a dent in the universe by leaving us so soon.

I only want to say, Sorry. Sorry for never owning an Apple product myself. I may not be your biggest fan, but am a fan nonetheless. Please do accept the apology.

Dear Steve, the technology world would never be the same without you. I will never be the same.

In your words – Death is a life changing agent. For me, you were my life changing agent, and you sudden demise has definitely changed something in me today.

I will miss you.

We all will miss you.

With utmost respect to you,

Kunal

(Image – Stefan Z. Camilleri)

Happy birthday Steve Jobs!!!

Here’s to the craziest one!!!
To the Fortune CEO of the decade..the man who has revolutionized not one or two but FOUR industries (Comps, Mobile, Music and Movies)
The man who is known to be a maniac, micromanager, an arrogant SOB and yet who is regarded as one of the most important man in technology today.

To the man who was kicked out of his own company by people he trusted but had to be brought back in the same company ‘cos he just wasn’t a part but was the company himself…

To the man who beat cancer once, but is being troubled by it again today.

 

To Steve Jobs…

Many happy returns of the day…I know that there are many rumors that your health is not great and that this time cancer will beat you…but I can only hope that this time too it’s unsuccessful and you live long enough to give us something more..something the competition will have to work their asses off to beat…and that we see you in one more WWDC surprising us with your words….”one more thing”…amidst the applause and love of your fans!

Cheers!!!

Image Courtesy – http://goo.gl/AnQFl (by Liz Rankin)

Steve Jobs’ Inspirational Speech

“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 wallpaper Tribute

Sumanta Roy tweeted me a link today. A link to 89 cover page pics of Steve Jobs. Since I couldn’t apply it as my wallpaper, I modified it a li’l to suit my Dell 15” Screen. The image looks something like this…

 

A li’l cluttered, but I don’t mind 🙂 Just a small way to express my “fan-itude” towards one of the most brilliant minds in the business today.

bad presentations…….aaaaaaaggghhhhhh!!!!!!

the last 3 days have been tiring….lots of work….presentations and no result at the end of all of it.

i look upon Steve Jobs on how to give presentations….to learn from him the intricacies and things to be kept in mind while making the presentations. of course you cant be charismatic….its inborn (though my OB book argues it). but the way he presents there’s a lot to learn…

i used to think i know a lot….i have learnt everything from watching his videos…imitating him in my close room and ALONE! but when it comes to presenting in front of an audience..that too comprising of all the people i know since 8 months now…i still don’t deliver. my last presentations were as bad as they could get…in the first one i just could not speak due to some physical problems….and the second i took the safe way out by presenting two vague slides which were not at all important to the topic….and as it can be guessed..i dd not get marks for the “effort”…
feeling dejected and still tired of the work that has been assigned….i was going through seth godin’s blog..(a new way to vent out my frustration…..reading blogs and trying to find mistakes in them..haha)…he writes that ‘great presentations can be made when the presenter is respected by the audience and when s/he gives love to the audience in the form of teaching, learning, help and use of other forms’…and i totally agree with it..

but then what struck me was…when i try to justify myself (to me)…i thought….seth’s right…i should get the respect (i don’t know for what but i should get it) and i am giving my love to the audience by “trying” to make them understand something they know or simply don’t want to listen to.

though there are some classmates who have got great body language, great speech and great convincing power (and some have great impression…an impression that forces people to listen and praise them even if they speak s**t)…they are the one people respect but they don’t give “love” to the audience…something seth calls as “a self promotional talk“… 🙂

the problem all of us face in the class is that nobody bothers to listen to the other. everyone here wants to have his or her share of fun and enjoyment. nobody cares about the other (though we call each other friends) and will do nothing to encourage the presenter during the presentation, but will have hundreds and thousandes of motivational and consoling words after the presentation has gone bad. i have seen some people (not necessarily from my class) trying to console the others but end up irritating the person.

but that doesn’t mean i am justifying my bad presentations…i was under-prepared, not well and of course just not in the mood to give the presentations……not my fault…haha!

though i know that the presentations can be improved by lots of preparations and pratice…but there’s only one thing i got from the whole thing is that i don’t call for respect from my own classmates (still don’t know if that’s important) and which is something i ll have to work upon…….
any suggestions ????

adios
regards
kunal