R.I.P Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs has died. His creation, Apple, is at a cross roads, but the mobility he has created for information has forever and irrevocably transformed our world, our politics and our government.   

In the video embedded above, ABC news compares Steve Jobs, who died at 56, to both Thomas Edison and Willy Wonka. I cannot think of any greater comparison for the man who has given this world such a tremendous gift.

The online media world has been changed forever. The biggest news of the day on October 5, was the death of Steve Jobs, ironically, fittingly and perhaps magically, I discovered the news of his death on my iphone.

Twenty years ago, no-one would have ever dreamed about being able to carry such a device, 10 years ago someone might have laughed if one was to suggest that computers, the internet and the whole realm of communications and media was capable of being carried in the palm of the human hand.

This transformation, partly created by Jobs, created opportunities and endless possibilities for publishing, society and media communications. We now have the internet and, perhaps, the world in our pocket. We have developed an insatiable, irretrievable, irrevocable and artificial thirst for information, communication and technology.  

What more can one say about one of the most influential men of the 21^st century.

There is perhaps one final postulation left to sum up the creation that Steve Jobs left us, where will it end? When will our desire to tweet, share and know, every aspect of every life, end? When will we be able to sleep without the humming of a smart phone next to our head?

The ABC has provided a fantastic starting point for this discussion. By eulogising the man, we can consider the creation, its merits, meanings and future.