{"id":35301,"date":"2016-02-24T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=35301"},"modified":"2017-02-21T10:07:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T16:07:28","slug":"remembering-steve-jobs-on-his-61st-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/35301-remembering-steve-jobs-on-his-61st-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Steve Jobs On His 61st Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19847\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jobs.jpg\" alt=\"Jobs\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jobs.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jobs-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jobs-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jobs-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Today is February 24, which is Steve Jobs\u2019 birthday. The former Apple CEO would have turned 61 today.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs, who died October 5, 2011, is most remembered for his work with Apple Inc., but his contributions extended far beyond one company.<\/p>\n<p>Today is a great day to remember Jobs and appreciate what he accomplished in the time after&nbsp;he co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in a Los Altos, California garage in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For great insight into Jobs\u2019 life, one can watch his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Jobs draws from his own experiences to encourage graduates to follow their dreams. You can see the entire speech below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UF8uR6Z6KLc?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How do you remember Steve Jobs? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is February 24, which is Steve Jobs\u2019 birthday. The former Apple CEO would have turned 61 today. Jobs, who died October 5, 2011, is most remembered for his work with Apple Inc., but his contributions extended far beyond one company. 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