Steve Jobs: Connecting the Dots, Death is Life's best Invention; Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish

In memory of Steve Jobs's passing:

"Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at 56, was the definition of a visionary, a technological trailblazer who transformed one industry after another, including computers, smartphones, music and movies. And, of course, Apple's co-founder transformed our everyday lives with gadgets like the iPod, iPhone and iPad.

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
Steve also battled pancreatic cancer and needed a liver transplant. Those brushes with mortality helped shape his views of life and death, a perspective he shared in a remarkable 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University.
Jobs urged the graduates to remember that the future is uncertain -- death could be just around the corner -- and there was no time to waste on an unfulfilling career.

Here are some highlights from  his speech given at a Stanford Commencement: -- "When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like, 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you will most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
-- "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."
-- "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart."
Jobs recalled when he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and when the doctor told him to "get his affairs in order." Then Jobs shared these words of wisdom.
"No one wants to die ... and yet, death is the destination we all share. Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent."

He added: "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

His parting words: "Stay hungry, stay foolish."

PCMag Reports Apple's Being Sued for Using iCloud Mark by iCloud Communications

Apple is declared a serial infringer on other people's rights in a recent lawsuit filed by iCloud Communications that listed all the instances the giant company treaded on others' rights.  iCloud Communications sued Apple in an Arizona court as soon as Apple concluded its WWDC in San Francisco.  iCloud Communications wants all the profits from Apple's iCloud thus far.  And it wants the Cupertino company to cease and decease the use of iCloud.  What iCloud did not know is that Apple was a little smarter this time by acquiring earlier the website which has U.S patents, icloud.com.  So it is not going to be easy for iCloud Communications to have a slam dunk.  Read more of the case against Apple at PCMag.

Here is a sample of the content of the case:  "The goods and services with which Apple intends to use the 'iCloud' mark are identical to or closely related to the goods and services that have been offered by iCloud Communications under the iCloud Marks since its formation in 2005," the complaint, first obtained by The Next Web, alleges. "Due to the worldwide media coverage given to and generated by Apple's announcement of its 'iCloud' services and the ensuing saturation advertising campaign pursued by Apple,the media and the general public have quickly come to associate the mark 'iCloud' with Apple, rather than iCloud Communications." 
 

"Monetary relief alone is inadequate to fully address the irreparable injurythat Apple’s illegal actions have caused and will continue to cause to iCloudCommunications if this Court does not enjoin Apple. iCloud Communications istherefore entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to stop Apple’s unfaircompetition"

Google's Guitar Makes Music That Goes to the Cloud: Google Music in the Cloud

Google allows anybody who lands on its page to make music with its guitar shaped in the form of Google doodle.  That is so sweet.  Listen to all the music you can create while you are there.  Listen to some of the instrumental music composed on the Google guitar.

I love to doodle.  I love Google.  Serious but also fun.  What is not to love about the G!