What a legacy....

Steve Jobs - what a legacy he has created....
This week the world woke to the news that Steve Jobs had passed away which has crystallised both his status as a cult figure and his legacy to Apple.
Twitter and facebook were overcome with tweets and posts and the media showed groups using the candle app on their i-pad's to create vigils.
The majority of what I have seen spoke about Jobs as a dreamer and a visionary quoting him when he said, " have the courage to follow your heart and intuition,' not so much about his innovation.
I always thought Jobs had an air of mystique surrounding him, you rarely saw photos of him with his family. Even his biography eluded to the fact that he rarely spoke about anything other than Apple products. When mysterious people are successful you question what that special something is that most of us don't have access too, Jobs made you believe that you could be that successful person too. He did things his way, he believed in what he was doing, and he taught people that it is ok to be different.
To begin with Apple had an air of exclusivity surrounding it, but with the more mainstream products such as the i-pod it has grown to a global powerhouse. So what now. I have a gut feeling that as long as Apple continue with their 'non-conforming' ways people will continue to follow. Especially today in the current economic climate there is an air of, what was done before hasn't exactly worked so why don't we try something a little different.