King of the Crazy Ones

Whether you've been a "Mac" your whole computing life (I was a PC for 5 days only this June before my new job sorted that situation out) or you have been touched by the sheer impact of Steve Job's influence, which went far, far beyond business, brands and advertising, the whole world seemed to be mourning today.

Adweek's video tribute helps to explain why:

"Crazy Ones," the iconic Apple commercial by TBWA\Chiat\Day from the "Think different" campaign of the late 1990s, was always, in a way, about Steve Jobs. Voiced by Richard Dreyfuss, it celebrated "the rebels, the troublemakers, the ones who see things differently" and would therefore change the world. The images showed everyone from John Lennon to Gandhi, but the inference was that Apple's visionary leader was one these remarkable souls. We've now added him to the end of the "Crazy Ones" spot—a place he rightfully earned, even if he would never have come right out and said so. Jobs died Wednesday at age 56.