Tim Cook pays tribute to Steve Jobs on anniversary of Apple co-founder’s death

Steve Jobs died a year ago today. Go over that in your head for a moment. Remember all those tributes? Think about where Apple’s gone as a company since the passing of its iconic leader.

A year on, the person leading the tributes to the innovator who helped build Apple up from the ground — and revive its flagging fortunes after a decade in exile — was his successor Tim Cook.

A video tribute to Jobs, which appears on Apple’s home page today, is followed by a letter from the Cupertino-based giant’s current CEO.

Ordinarily I would take extracts from the letter before posting the full text. Today, all I’m going to say is, read it:

The video should play fine if you’re on a Mac. If you’re on a PC, saving it and running through VLC might be a better option. Once the video has finished playing in your browser, Cook’s letter appears and the rest of the site becomes accessible again.

It’s a great video and, for our money, beats wearing a turtleneck today.