{"id":392,"date":"2011-10-07T09:08:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/steve-jobs-1955-2011"},"modified":"2011-10-07T09:08:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:08:54","slug":"steve-jobs-1955-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/10\/steve-jobs-1955-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs 1955 &#8211; 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e201539222e9c9970b.png\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jobs\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e201539222e9c9970b image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e201539222e9c9970b-800wi.png\" title=\"Jobs\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Like many other people, I\u2019ve been a bit sad, if not depressed, since I learned of Steve\u2019s passing.&#0160; It\u2019s kind of weird, right?&#0160; I\u2019ve never met him, exchanged an email with him, or even seen him from afar at some tech event.&#0160; Yet I can\u2019t help but feel the void created when someone close to you is gone.&#0160; So how did Steve get this close to so many of us?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a product guy who spends a great deal of my time thinking about how products should serve users in ways they really care about. &#0160;I also probably spend more time than most thinking about how a user\u2019s emotions are a part of the overall user experience.&#0160;&#0160; But I\u2019ve always been inspired and in total awe of Steve, the true master of product.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Steve seemed to be tenacious about ensuring we all consistently and completely experienced his products in a way that was emotionally powerful.&#0160; Of course the products performed very well and met all functional expectations, but his products were much more than that.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Every product helped you feel like the person you aspired to be.&#0160; People that use Apple products feel like they are cool, hip, smart, creative, and stylish.&#0160; Steve and company made sure that everything related to those products made you feel that way.&#0160; The television commercials, the Apple Store, website, and even the boxes the products came in.&#0160; Everything we experienced said, \u201cyou\u2019re part of our cool Apple family\u201d.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Steve had a reputation for being a tough and intimidating person to work for.&#0160; I can\u2019t help but see this as \u201ctough love\u201d.&#0160; He seemed to do everything in his power to give us the best products and experience possible.&#0160; We were worth nothing less.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Steve, you will be missed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many other people, I\u2019ve been a bit sad, if not depressed, since I learned of Steve\u2019s passing.&#0160; It\u2019s kind of weird, right?&#0160; I\u2019ve never met him, exchanged an email with him, or even seen him from afar at some<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/10\/steve-jobs-1955-2011.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}