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"   Apple&amp;#039;s homepage.  When Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday at just 56, after battling pancreatic cancer for years, there was\u2014to put it mildly\u2014an outpouring of grief. Though the world knew he was near the end thanks to near-skeletal pictures and his stepping down from his role as CEO of Apple, his death still felt like a shocking and devastating loss. Few people have changed the world so much over the past thirty years and everyone had something to say, or a memory to share, whether via tech blogs, newspapers, Twitter, Facebook, or on the walls of the 5th Avenue Apple store. We&amp;#039;ve rounded up the most touching reactions below. The Wirecutter The Awl&amp;#039;s new tech site is edited by Brian Lam, the founding editor of Gizmodo (the site responsible for leaking the iPhone4). Lam reflects on the rise and fall of his relationship with Jobs and writes, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t ever think I was comfortable with the idea that Jobs or anyone at Apple, like Jon Ive, was reading our work. It was scrappy, sloppy, inspired, mainstream-ish, and in general, experimental in nature. It was, frankly, embarrassing to have people who were obsessed with perfection reading something that was designed to be imperfect but alive and flowing.&amp;quot; Alec Baldwin The actor Tweeted high praise, &amp;quot;Sad about Steve Jobs. On par with Henry Ford, Carnegie and Edison.&amp;quot; Bill Gates Maybe the only person who warrants a comparison to Jobs said, &amp;quot;The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it&amp;#039;s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.&amp;quot; Mindy Kaling The Office star wrote, &amp;quot;Hard not to think how much Steve Jobs could&amp;#039;ve done with more years. So sad. You&amp;#039;re the best, Steve.&amp;quot; Gizmodo At Gawker&amp;#039;s tech site Mat wrote, &amp;quot;He was the reason many of us got into this industry, or even care about technology at all. He made the computer personal, and the smartphone fun. Bill Gates may have put a computer on every office desk, but it was Steve Jobs who put one in every dorm room and bedroom and living room. And then, years later, he repeated the trick, putting one in every bag and every pocket, thanks to the iPad and iPhone. If you use a computer or smartphone today, it is either one he created, or an imitation of his genius. He changed the way movies are made, the way music is sold, the way stories are told, the very way we interact with the world around us. He helped us work, and gave us new ways to play. He was a myth made man. Jimmy Fallon The comedian said, &amp;quot;Thank you, Steve Jobs, for all of the fun and amazing ways you made our lives better....Sent from my iPhone.&amp;quot; The New Yorker  Ken Auletta wrote, &amp;quot;In what may be the Gettysburg Address of graduation-speechism, Jobs spoke at Stanford, in 2005. Ever the corporate rebel, he wore jeans and dark sneakers under his black robe. He did not shave. He told three personal stories, and the third was about death, which &amp;quot;is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life&amp;#039;s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.&amp;quot; Steve Jobs will not be replaced by the new. Dianna Agron The Glee start Tweeted, &amp;quot;We never met, yet I stand beside members of this giant playground that you discovered for us. We use it every day, never tiring of the sand.&amp;quot; President Obama The President of the United States released a statement saying, &amp;quot;Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators\u2014brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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