It's not just the HN crowd - I walked by the SF Apple Store today and the front windows were covered in post-it notes full of thoughts from passers by. I know we in the tech world followed his every little move, but it surprised me how much, well, regular people cared.
I've never seen this kind of reaction for the death of any famous person who isn't a politician/community leader.
"I've never seen this kind of reaction for the death of any famous person who isn't a [...] community leader."
< Fact is, he was :) ..at least sort of..
I found out while playing Doodle or Die. All of a sudden a lot of the drawings were apple based. At first I thought it was trolling, and then I opened another tab to check google news...
My MacBook Air broke on Wednesday night, so I brought it in to the Apple Store in Providence. A few people had left flowers at the doorstep. Inside, however, it was business as usual.
I've never seen this kind of reaction for the death of any famous person who isn't a politician/community leader.