This commencement address by Steve Jobs to the Stanford University students may date back to 2005, but it should definitely be watched by anyone who hasn’t already. It’s a  heartfelt address on following your passions and making the most of your time on this planet, and useful in reminding us to keep trying and keep putting efforts in doing what you love, and not waste time on things that matter less.

It’s also worth seeing for the funny fact that after dropping out of university and “didn’t have to take the normal classes“, he studied calligraphy, which may go some way to explain the efforts Apple has put  into displaying type properly on their products. I quote, “I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture.”

Ha!

(Note the fact he is fuelling the fire of the san serif/sans serif/sans-serif debate… But that’s another story.)

See for yourself below.