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Lisen Stormberg, umakhelwane kaSteve Jobs, ubhale imigqa embalwa ngokusula kwakhe kwakamuva kwenhloko ye-Apple.

Umakhelwane wami, uSteve Jobs, usecashunwe kakhulu kwabezindaba muva nje. Isizathu esikhulu isimemezelo sakhe sakamuva mayelana nokwehla esikhundleni sobuholi ukuze abanye baqhubeke nokukhuphuka kwe-Apple. Abezindaba zebhizinisi, izindaba, amabhulogi kanye nabo bonke abanye abantu babhale ama-odes mayelana "ne-CEO enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona" bebungaza lo "mfana oyisimangaliso" owashintsha impilo yethu yansuku zonke ngobuhlakani bakhe.

Konke lokho kuyiqiniso, kodwa lapha ePalo Alto, uSteve Jobs akasona nje isithonjana, kodwa ungumfana phansi komgwaqo wethu.

Ngaqala ukuhlangana noSteve (ingabe ukhona osambiza ngoMnuz Jobs?) eminyakeni eminingi edlule ephathini yasengadini. "Ngangingekho" ngokuphelele ekubeni ngisondelene ne-DNA yakhe kangangokuthi angizange ngenze umsindo. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kumele ngabe ngenze umbono ongcono kakhulu wokuqala lapho ngingcolisa igama lami lapho sethulana.

Ngambuka ebhukuda edanyini nendodana yakhe. Wayebonakala eyinsizwa evamile, ubaba olungile ezijabulisa nezingane zakhe.

Ngahlangana naye okwesibili emihlanganweni yekilasi yezingane zethu. Wahlala walalela uthisha echaza ngokubaluleka kwemfundo (yima, angithi ungomunye walabo nkulunkulu bobuchwepheshe bezinga eliphezulu abangaqedanga ngisho nekolishi?) kuyilapho sonke sihlezi sishaya sengathi ubukhona bukaSteve Jobs buphelele. evamile.

Akuphelanga sikhathi, ngabona uSteve lapho ngiyogijima endaweni yangakithi. Wayesengxoxweni eshisayo nenguqulo yakhe encane - ijini elingenalutho, isikibha esimnyama nezingilazi ezinombala omncane. Kumelwe ukuba ngabukeka njengesiphukuphuku ngesikhathi ngikhubeka igebe phakathi kwama-tiles ngizama ukuwagwema.

Kwakuyi-Halloween futhi ngasheshe ngathola ukuthi wayelazi igama lami (yebo, igama lami!). U-Steve nomkakhe bahlobise indlu yabo nengadi ukuze kubukeke kuyisimangaliso. Wayehlezi eceleni komgwaqo egqoke njengoFrankenstein. Njengoba ngihamba nendodana yami, uSteve wamamatheka wathi, "Sawubona Lisen." Indodana yami yayicabanga ukuthi ngingumama omubi kakhulu edolobheni ngoba iyangazi On - USteve Jobs.

Siyabonga ngalo mzuzu, Steve.

Kusukela manje, noma nini lapho ngimbona ngakithi, ngangingangabazi ukubingelela. USteve wayehlale ebuyisela ukubingelela, mhlawumbe njengengcweti, kodwa futhi njengomakhelwane omuhle.

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izinto ziye zashintsha. Wayengabonwa njalo, ukuhamba kwakhe kwahamba kancane futhi ukumamatheka kwakhe kwakungasafani nakuqala. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, ngesikhathi ngibona uSteve ehamba nomkakhe bebambene ngezandla, ngabona ukuthi kukhona okuhlukile. Manje umhlaba wonke uyazi.

Nakuba i-Newsweek, i-Wall Street Journal, kanye ne-CNET zihlala zivuselela umthelela wenkathi ka-Steve Jobs emphakathini wanamuhla, ngeke ngicabange nge-MacBook Air engithayiphayo noma i-iPhone engisocingweni ngayo. Ngizocabanga ngosuku engambona ngalo ethweswa iziqu zendodana yakhe. Wama lapho ngokuziqhenya, izinyembezi zigeleza ezihlathini zakhe, emamatheka ephuma endlebeni kuye endlebeni njengoba indodana yakhe isanda kuthola idiploma yayo. Mhlawumbe uyifa likaSteve elibaluleke kakhulu.

Umthombo: I-PaloAltoPatch.com
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