By now, you've heard the sad news about the passing of Apple's co-founder, Steve Jobs.
I think we all knew he was very sick and there was a chance he might not beat the cancer. But, there was a part of me who felt that a man with so much creative genius would be here a lot longer. But it's not how long you live, but what you do while you're here. Steve Jobs did a lot.
Now, you might wonder what this has to do with the legal profession or legal secretaries. Well everything and nothing.
Nothing if you've managed to live your entire adult life without ever having purchased or been given an Apple (TM) product. And everything if you are like the millions of working Americans who couldn't make it through the daily grind without plugging into that little ipod and tuning out the noise that gets in the way of doing real work. You know the noise I mean - the gossip, the yelling, the constant interruptions.
I was first introduced to Apple products in 1988 while working for Kodak. And later in around 1990 when I went to work for a software company where we all had Apple computers because - because they're hip.
Thank you, Mr. Jobs for making the world a different place. You changed the way we think, work and play. And we will never forget.
Rest In Peace, Steve Jobs. and congratulations on a life well-lived.
Be good to one another.
Dottie
1 comment:
I certainly appreciate his genius - no more having to type an original paper w/"fifty eleven" carbon copies of briefs, while all the time worrying about making one typo and having to do the entire document over again. When I started this legal secretrial game, back in the day, no erasures or "white-outs" were allowed on offical government or court documents.
I will also be eternally grateful for the Ipod that lets me get up a rhythm and much speed while typing a large document by jamming w/Jimmy Smith or Jack McDuff and making a busy workday a private jam session that drowns out the sound from the phone conversations in the next cubie.
Rest in Peace, Steve. A Job Well Done!
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