I thought I would have nothing to say about this topic, but I am sitting here at my desk listing to my iPod, remembering fondly my apple IIc computer I started with in elementary school. I would like to share a story with you, if you would be kind enough to listen. I have a son who is severely developmentally delayed, he is nine, but functions as an infant due to cerebral palsy and other complications. We were at Children's Hospital during a recent specialist visit, and sat near another family who have a child much like mine. This child was playing with an iPad doing simple spelling games. He, too has been developmentally delayed, but his parents purchased an iPad for him because of the interactive touch screen. Then they started with very simple games like popping soap bubbles. In a year he has gained better fine motor control in his hands, has learned to communicate better with his family and has started to truly blossom. I pray that my son will experience a similar epiphany with his new iPad, but only time will tell. So, I say thank you, Steve- you will be truly missed.
Bryan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may contain confidential and proprietary information. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system and note that you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Any unauthorized use or disclosure of the contents of this message is not permitted and may be unlawful. -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Gillilan Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 5:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] not so good news (Steve Jobs RIP) Jobs and Apple not only deeply shaped my career, but also my son's path as well. I bought an Apple II+ with my first Summer's earnings as an undergraduate lab assistant in organic chemistry in the very early 80's. Spent winter break writing a printer driver in Apple 6502 code so I could plot molecular orbitals. Skipped the first Macs when they came out, but returned to Apple when the Performa was popular. I may have been the first to announce on this list that OS X would be based on unix ... and I enthusiastically got a copy as soon as I could get my hands on it. It's true there will never be another Jobs, but I fully expect more great surprises ... the universe is only just getting started. Richard
