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[...] In the weeks after the death of Steve Jobs, I became a little concerned about the many fawning tributes to Steve Jobs. Everywhere I turned there was another story about his great leadership. It’s not that I dislike Apple products (I own an iPhone and love it, in a zombie apocalypse I would take it with me in hopes there was an app for how to kill zombies) or that I think Steve Jobs was a bad business man or lacked vision. In fact, I believe Steve Jobs is one of the greatest technical and marketing visionaries ever. The day after his death was announced I posted a video of what is probably the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard. [...]