When I first heard Steve died I thought people were joking. I figured he resigned from Apple but he'd stick around for another few years, like Bill's around although he resigned. I was wrong. I actually had the world slowing down feeling. Realizing I'd never have a discussion about the early years of the computer industry and where it's going with an aged Steve and Bill. I simply thought it was unlikely I'd ever be important enough to get that conversation, but now it's impossible . He's been such a role model of how a solid presentation should be given. The image Apple has gained under his leadership is sheer cunning. I wish I knew how responsible he was for it, so I could credit him accordingly. I like to think it was all him. It's times like these that time's passing disturbs me most. That I wish for an afterlife so that nothing is lost. *snip* </poeticmood begs="(please mind. Please.)"> 2011/10/7 John Young <jya@pipeline.com>

Perry Metzger, early cpunk, founder of Cryptography mail list, gets NY Times shoutout today as "entrepreneur," for his Google+ comment on Steve Jobs' death:

https://plus.google.com/116685507294337280246/posts

724 have Perry in their circles. Names recognizable from comsec and financial derring-do.