RE: [Fed-Talk] RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
RE: [Fed-Talk] RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:38:45 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
I'm not afraid to say I cannot stop crying. I knew Steve in a lot of ways a lot of people didn't. It was 2004... 12:54pm PST to be exact... I had received a VIP tag to WWDC that year (I love you Tracy Matteo!)...
All I wanted in life was to meet Steve, to talk to him... I was told it would never, ever, ever happen. I've never let anything keep me down, and that day, at that moment, Steve's handlers blocked me from going in to talk... I yelled something (which I won't share, but I think Tracy and Bob Hernandez will remember if they are on this list), and Steve turned around.... he talked to me, we hugged each other and I got a picture of it...
I swore to Steve I would never share that picture, and I never have... until today. My mom had it, and a few Apple people...
That conversation and hug kicked off a relationship that opened more doors in my life than would have ever been possible...
I went from a lowly GS12, working paycheck to paycheck, to a thriving EHR business.. and when the first iPhone came out in 2007 my life changed forever.
I have three Porsches, a 6000 square foot house, a Mercedes CL600 - none of them financed... we were featured day one on the App store with the iPhone in 2008... as well as the iPad when it came out in 2010...
I would email steve and would talk about things... it is a relationship i'll always cherish... today is a sad day for the world.
Whether you love apple or hate them, apple has changed the world several times, and others may copy, but if Apple hadn't done it, nobody else would have either.
I sold my EHR company in 2009 to "make a difference" for those who needed it and came back to IHS...
RIP Steve.... :( :(
Mike
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From: fed-talk-bounces+michael.pike=email@hidden [fed-talk-bounces+michael.pike=email@hidden] on behalf of Griggs, Daniel B Mr. CTR USA CIO/G6 (EMC) [email@hidden]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:18 PM
To: Rex Sanders
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
I only ever got to meet him for a brief minute but I can't help but be truly sad at his passing. May we all be so lucky to find our passion as he did.
Sent from my phone please excuse any spelling errors
On Oct 5, 2011, at 8:12 PM, "Rex Sanders" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Apple and many news outlets report the passing of Steve Jobs today.
>
> I am very sad. "The world has lost an amazing human being."
>
> http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
>
> -- Rex
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