In his own words:

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Many thoughts and words have been shared, but none are more meaningful to me than these.

In the words of others:

• Steve Jobs, by John Boardley
• Farewell Mr Jobs, by Christopher Murphy
• For Steve, by Frank Chimero
• Don't Settle, by Simon Collison
• Steve Jobs, by Mark Boulton
• Steve Jobs, by Elliot Jay Stocks
• Thank You, by Sarah Parmenter
• What We've Lost and What We've Gained, by Fred Wilson
• Parting Advice from Steve Jobs, by Jeremy Zawodny
• Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot, by John Gruber

For posterity, .

Chris Shiflett Boulder-based founder, designer, and developer. Co-founder of Studioworks and Schoolcase, and founder of Faculty, a product studio. Writing about building things on the web since 2000. More about Chris →