Jobs Swaps Jobs? Eh...?

From 13:37 this afternoon, all the way till 15:07, I was sat in a bright room, scribbling and analysing plays and transcripts in utter silence. For I was in an AS English retake, hoping to better my U from last year. Not that difficult, surely?!

Anyway, I digress. I got home to have a quick flick through the old Twitter, and found that Steve Jobs is to take medical leave to 'focus on his health'. Not what I was expecting to find on a Monday afternoon.

Jobs is a legend, not just of the technology world, but of the 21st century. This is the man who is the mastermind behind Apple - the iPod you own, the iPhone you call on, the iPad you tap away at, the recent iMacs and MacBooks you read this on - all his thinking. His health has been the feature of headlines before - back in 2008 he took a step back from the media and the company to recover from a liver transplant, to aid his recovery from pancreatic cancer.

It is definitely sad news - it clearly means something else is up. He'd never walk away with the upcoming iPad 2.0 launch. We're gonna miss that black turtle-neck jumper, the jeans and the trainers we see as he launches another product.

So, Steve, if something is up, everyone in the Mac community, and all those who have ever used your products and are in awe of what you do, we wish you a really, really speedy recovery. Bring on the next Steve Jobs Keynote.

Picture taken from the very lovely BBC News page.

Taken from General Musings of an Idiot: http://gmoai.posterous.com