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Steve Jobs’ Childhood Home Could Become Historical Site

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The childhood home of Steve Jobs.
The childhood home of Steve Jobs. ( Source: CNN)

If the seven-member Los Altos Historical Commission completes it’s “historic property evaluation” and decides it so, Steve Jobs’ childhood home could become a historical site. The home is located on 2066 Crist Drive in Los Altos, California. The garage you see in the picture is the same garage that Steve Wozniak was in when he put together the first 50 Apple 1 computers.

“Steve Jobs is considered a genius who blended technology and creativity to invent and market a product which dramatically changed six industries — personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing,” according to the property evaluation.

“His influence is expected to be felt by multiple generations forthcoming.”

Source: CNN

 

jOBS Gets Criticism From Wozniak

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The latest scene from the new movie about Steve Jobs, jOBS, is now making it’s way around the web and as interesting as it is, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, says it’s totally wrong. In a conversation with Gizmodo, Woz goes on to mention that the scene we see here in the clip above, never even happened and that the personalities are way off.

He continued on in an email to say this:

“Totally wrong. Personalities and where the ideas of computers affecting society did not come from Jobs. They inspired me and were widely spoken at the Homebrew Computer Club. Steve came back from Oregon and came to a club meeting and didn’t start talking about this great social impact. His idea was to make a $20 PC board and sell it for $40 to help people at the club build the computer I’d given away. Steve came from selling surplus parts at HalTed he always saw a way to make a quick buck off my designs (this was the 5th time).

The lofty talk came much further down the line.

I never looked like a professional. We were both kids. Our relationship was so different than what was portrayed. I’m embarrassed but if the movie is fun and entertaining, all the better. Anyone who reads my book iWoz can get a clearer picture.” 

It’s no surprise that hollywood got the details wrong and often they change things up to make something work on film a little better, but this is just a little silly. You want to be in the ballpark not out in the parking lot when it comes to bringing a true story to life. It makes you wonder why they didn’t utilize a bit of consultation before solidifying the script. Just getting the clothing right would have been nice.

With all of that being said, I don’t want to completely trash a film that I have only seen one clip of. It’s nice to see that a story like this is being brought to hollywood, despite it’s flaws. Not only is this story interesting but it’s inspiring and that’s something a lot of today’s films just don’t offer. Although I can’t help but see Ashton as Kelso at times, he does seem to pull off the look of Steve Jobs in the early days pretty well. Despite Wozniak’s comments I would still like to watch the film in it’s entirety.

 

Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs sadly passed away one year ago today, October 5th 2011. Whether or not you liked Steve Jobs or whether or not you like Apple, you can’t say that his impact on the world of technology wasn’t huge. Apple has placed a video tribute to Steve Jobs on it’s website along with a short letter from Tim Cook, the current CEO of Apple.

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I would like to take the time today to share a short story with you about how Steve Jobs has inspired me personally.

The Life of Steve Jobs is a truly inspiring story, one that when revisited today left me feeling just the way it did one year ago, well, one year ago and a day. Why do I add a day? Well, a funny thing happened last year and I thought it would be interesting to share with you all today.

A little over a year ago I was feeling defeated,  and frustrated with what I was studying, I was uncertain about what the future would hold, I began to look for an inspirational quote or speech to lift my spirits. While searching the web for a very brief period of time, I stumbled upon Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. It really captivated me and it was exactly what I needed to hear. As funny as it seems, the speech seemed to have found me, I laughed a bit because it was amazing that I had never came across this speech before, except for when I needed hear it, I guess it’s purpose was well served. What is unfortunate is the very next day, Steve Jobs passed away and this further solidified my inspirations. If you watch the speech you will see how powerful these two events being tied together like this could bring you pause.

Steve contributed greatly to the world of technology and his life has inspired millions. I would implore you to try and find something or someone who inspires you, then get out there and be innovative and create and mold the world around you.

To see the short video head to Apple.com