Featured Blog: The Woz Leads Los Gatos Vigil for Steve Jobs, iPhone 4s

On Thursday afternoon, a somewhat heavy-set, bearded man rolled up to the on his Segway to survey the location. Business looked just like normal. Feeling somewhat pleased to be the first in line at a new Apple product launch, legendary for its lines and camp-outs, he parked his Segway in a corner near the display window, and outfitted his space with a few stadium chairs, blankets, and the odd notepad or two. However, this man, who had the coveted- front-of-the-line spot, was not just any Apple faithful. This was one of the most famous residents of Los Gatos, a legend in his own right,

As the hours passed and the line grew throughout the day, so did a makeshift memorial to the It sprang up in the corner across from his friend who's affectionately known as "Woz." Oct. 14 is the launch of the newest incarnation of the iPhone.   It has also somewhat unofficially been labeled a day of remembrance for Steve Jobs. Flowers, cards, poetry, and simple scribbled thank-you notes are just a small indicator of what has been a loss felt worldwide by consumers, technophiles, and Wall Street alike. 

I had the fortune of spending a few minutes with the "Woz" and asking him about Apple's newest gadget, which he describes as "the most startling change in the history of computers." This grand proclamation comes from the new on-board robot embedded in the iPhone 4 called Siri. "We are barely touching on artificial intelligence, but now we have a machine that talks to you like a friend," Woz says. Siri is an extension of how his late friend Steve Jobs viewed consumer technology. "A person doesn't want a bunch of technology to do a job, he just wants an answer in the most streamlined way possible." 

When asked about Steve Jobs, Woz said that he "had a lot of drive and was someone who wanted to change the world. He felt he knew singlehandedly what to do with Apple when he came back and he knew the number of times you would have to say no to make a great product happen."

Wozniak hopes that he contributed to the overall culture of the company and that the great things that have happened will continue to occur there. 

For the masses that fear for the future of Apple without their mythical leader, Wozniak has words of assurance. "We will be using the Jobs' way of thinking in the future. Steve liked to trim things down. Provide the user the things that they need and not what they don't. Having that one person at the top with the ultimate supremacy and maintaining that high level of secrecy." 

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