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Life, death, calligraphy: The world of Steve Jobs

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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February 24, 2013, 8:33 AM ET

Credit: Stanford University

FORTUNE — As we did when he was still running Apple (AAPL), we’d like to celebrate Steve Jobs’ life by re-posting what may be the most personal public speech this intensely private man ever made: His commencement address to the Stanford University class of 2005.

If you haven’t seen it — or haven’t heard it recently — we give you Steve Jobs on life, death and calligraphy.

“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories…”

Below the fold, 15 minutes, via YouTube. (Here’s the link.)

The transcript is available here.

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