I woke up at 9 am and clicked the lock button to check my phone like I always do. One blue box with a highlight said “Jobs passed away”.

I didn’t think about tweeting or blogging; there was nothing to say. I didn’t think about reading eulogies and tributes in Reeder, with all their anecdotes and nostalgic memories; there was nothing I wanted to read. I wanted to do something to show my gratitude, but it would be hypocritical of me to do or say something just because the occasion called for it. So I made a page, and set it as the front page to my site; the only part of the Internet (and hence, my voice in the world) that is all mine. I plan to leave it like that until I’m ready to move on.

There isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said. We are all grieving and trying to show what and how we feel in our own little ways, but the truth is that none of it really matters. A man who changed the world for better died today. He did more for us than 99% of the world’s people put together. Today, nothing else matters. Not world hunger, not global warming, not nothing. Today belongs to Steve Jobs, the man who inspired a big part of how I think about what I do, who is always present as a question on a sticky note in front of me that asks “What would Steve do?”. There is little comfort in knowing that everything I use to go about my day has a bit of him in them, but little comfort there is.

Thanks Steve. For everything. We’ll miss you.