The San Jose Mercury news made Steve Jobs' death its top story: "above the fold" in newspaper parlance.
He died Above the Fold, in more ways than one. He was so iconic, just a photo of him and a couple of words in a Silicon Valley newspaper were all that were necessary. His name may have been in small print, but his image was writ large.
He was from my hometown, Los Altos, California. But like most geniuses, he came more from the planet inside his head than anywhere else.
