This week, I was deeply saddened by the loss of Steve Jobs (1955-2011.)  In spite of the fact that I didn’t know him personally and that he started the company long before I was born, I feel that I’ve lost a friend.  As an avid Mac user and lover of anything Apple, I almost feel like I’ve come to know him one app at a time.  Aside from creating some of the most wonderful works of technology that have revolutionized us as a society, Steve Jobs inspired all of us to live our dreams by “Living Foolishly.” Aspiring to become a socialite as a regular girl with student loans in the worst recession since the Great Depression is how I choose to live foolishly and I wouldn’t have it any other way. iConfess that I often stop by Apple Stores in New York City and instead of demoing the products, I put my website up on every laptop, iPad, etc. for the world to see. Something tells me Steve would be proud.

In search of closure for the loss of quite possibly the most genius man in history, I made my way over to the Apple Store on Fifth Ave. wearing a black turtle neck and jeans with an “I Miss You” card and a bottle of apple juice to lay by the landmark of Steve Jobs’ vision for the world he changed a total on nine times. Knowing that Steve would have wanted me to “Think different,” among a slew of flowers and actual apples, I placed a handwritten card and a bottle of apple juice by the store.  Inside the card I wrote a heartfelt message to the fallen innovator that I aspire to always live by:

“Because you were brave enough to live your dreams, my dreams are possible. I promise to always Stay Foolish.  You memory will live on in me and in my MacBook.  Thank you again for everything.”

There isn’t an app that will bring you back to life, but there also isn’t one that will make you a legend.  You have to do that on your own. Thanks to Steve Jobs, I will forever be the iSocialite.