So long Steve, and thanks for all the things.

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs – whitehouse.gov/blog

Other tributes to Steve Jobs from around the web

Pixar also dedicated their front page to the memory of Steve Jobs.

Boing Boing were very quick to adopt this retro Apple WordPress theme.

Google added a suitable minimal tribute on their homepage. Perhaps a doodle will follow.

John Gruber has adopted a dignified darker shade of grey for Daring Fireball, eschewing the palette that is practically the site’s trademark.

The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.
For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.

Bill Gates – thegatesnotes.com

Wired dedicates the whole front page to Jobs tributes.

XKCD has a rather sweet animated GIF tribute.

Panic and Realmac Software have both dedicated their front pages to tasteful Jobs tributes. Realmac is donating all app sales for the next two days to Pancreatic Cancer UK.

Finally, this was possibly the most shared image on the day of Job’s death, created by 19 year old Jonathan Mak Long: