Occasionally, everyone gets into one of those moods where they do some looking inward and examining their own value to the world. I remember as a kid, telling my mother that my goal was to leave this world better than I found it. I wanted to accomplish something that would make me remembered after I was gone. The truth is that I'm on the down side of middle age and unless I come up with something soon, the only people that will remember me when I'm gone will be my friends and family. I have done nothing to change the world. I am a cog in the wheel. I do my job, but if I died tomorrow the only impact on the world would be that some programmers in India would get a little less tech support than usual until I was replaced and some lucky unemployed I.T. guy would get my job.
I'm not writing this for pity. I am happy with my life and at peace with my part in the world. I write this to point out that the people that truly make an impact are few and far between. There aren't a lot of Eli Whitney and Sam Colt and John Browning and Bill Gates and Steve Jobs out there. Those type of people that make that big of an impact on our world are few and far between. That is why the passing of Steve Jobs yesterday is such a big deal. He was a pioneer in the technology world that has truly changed the world. His impact will be felt as a ripple effect in how we use technology forever. It makes me sad to realize what more he could have accomplished if he had not been taken from us so soon.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs. As a listen to my iPod and dream about buying an iPhone, I will remember you.
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." - Steve Jobs
Thursday, October 06, 2011
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