Fight or Flight

DognightDan Standing in the rain, with his head hung low Couldnt get a ticket, it was a sold out show; Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream He heard one Steve Jobs, just blew him away He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day Bought a beat up iPod Touch in a secondhand store Didnt know how to use it, but he knew for sure That one iPod, felt good in his hands Didnt take long, to install the SDK Just one iPod, slung way down low Was one way ticket, only one way to go. So he started hackin Aint never gonna stop. Gotta keep on hackin Someday he's gonna make it to the top. And be a WWDC hero, got stars in his eyes He's a WWDC hero He took one iPod, WWDC hero, stars in his eyes WWDC hero, he'll go live tonight In a room without a light, in a heavy downpour Thought he passed his own shadow, by the coldroom door; Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain And that one Steve Jobs made his whole l...

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out the...