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vivekv | 3 years ago

The last line "Sent from my iPad" was quite fitting as a device that he conceptualized :-)

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legrande|3 years ago

Yeah it hits differently after what he said. My first impression after reading the "Sent from my iPad" was it was some sort of tongue-in-cheek joke, but it's the default signature so it was added automatically! It's a good growth hack.

agumonkey|3 years ago

could have edited it for that particular message with a

sent from a derivative of alan kay prototype

iamacyborg|3 years ago

Did Jobs conceptualise it or did someone at Apple?

kergonath|3 years ago

It’s fairly well documented that the iPad was what he’d wanted to have for a while, well before the iPhone existed. IIRC biographies put his first concept of what became the iPad around when the iPod was released.

The iPhone was just a happy accident, something they decided to do with the cool tech they were playing with when working on the iPad, before it was ready.

uwagar|3 years ago

kinda spoils it imho. why is it included? he surely didnt intend it.

vineyardmike|3 years ago

i don't know, after a list of things he didn't do that he's thankful for, containing something he was responsible for in this way is a subtle nod to what he did create.

Its powerful because (a) he probably didn't explicitly add it, and (b) it references his impact on the world and (c) the iPad is obviously important but no where near as important as mathematics or medicine, and its not included on the list, just a helpful nod to its ability to help him reflect on this list.

karmakaze|3 years ago

No mention of the shoulders that Apple products stand upon.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF|3 years ago

That was actually just the entire message. To cherry-pick a few:

> I speak a language I did not invent or refine.

> I did not discover the mathematics I use.

> I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

> I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.

kergonath|3 years ago

Apart from all of the message, yes, no mention of it at all.