It’s odd to feel a sense of loss for someone you never knew. The last time I can remember that this happened was when Douglas Adams died ten years ago. There are not many people like them.

What else can I add that has not already been said? Honestly, I’m not even going to try. Instead, here is a selection of links that I think hit the nail right on the head.

• In his own words. Jobs’ Stanford Commencement address is well know but very much worth re-reading. There are many, many great lines but this, much quoted one, is very apt: “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.”
• Scott Adams, like me, is not big on heroes but considered Jobs to be one
• Walt Mossberg has some nice anecdotes
• …and three important quotes

There are lots more, you could probably spend most of today reading them all if you tried, but those are probably the highlights of the stuff that I’ve read today.