Trist sätt att börja veckan på, men så klart ännu värre för Iwatas familj. Jag skrev lite mer om Satoru Iwatas bortgång på Spelbloggen. Hans livsgärning förtjänar något mer omfattande dock, för Iwata var en av de stora i spelvärlden.
Tag: RIP
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Written about Steve Jobs
There are countless posts and tweets and articles being written and published about Steve Jobs right now. You’ve read mine. If you want to read more, MacRumors have a wrap-up, and I’d like to point you to Wired’s post as well. Apple dedicates its front page to Steve, along with this message as well.
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011
This is a sad day. The world has lost one of its greatest minds and visionaries, in Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and obviously so much more than that. I have never met nor spoken to Steve, nor have the majority of people writing, tweeting and talking about him today. He was a hero to many, a beloved celebrity, and a leader.
We are allowed to talk about Steve.
We are allowed to feel sad.
I feel sad. In fact, this morning I decided to throw the todo list out the window, to sit down and think different. I’m dedicating this day to figuring things out, work and life and future and everything else that might be spinning around in the back of my head. (more…)
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John Barry 1933-2011
I was sad to hear about composer John Barry’s demise. While he isn’t credited the James Bond theme, which has an interesting story, there’s no doubt that his hands on it made it what it is today. Oh, and he did a ton of other things as well. I’ll celebrate his memory by watching Dr. No tonight.