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: William Cerniuk <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:45:34 -0400
.Very sad. World just got a lot smaller.
Very Respectfully,
Wm. Cerniuk
On Oct 5, 2011, at 20:38, "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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
>
> ________________________________________
> 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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