When Steve Jobs died 15 years ago today, I was devastated. Later that day, I watched his narrated…

When Steve Jobs died 15 years ago today, I was devastated. Later that day, I watched his narrated version of the iconic "Here's to the crazy ones" ad and actually started crying. It felt like he was reading his own obituary. I realized the ad had been about Steve all along. When I first saw the original version as a teenager, I decided to buy my first Mac. It took me four years of saving to finally buy one. I still think it’s the best ad ever made. It never mentions a product, but it sold me on the whole company. Sort of "Inception" for geeks, planting the single idea that turns you into a lifelong customer. So a few hours ago, when I realized what day it was, I decided to recreate it as an animated monochrome experience in the browser, with his narration. Animation, sound design, and code by Claude Opus 5.5 (ultracode), illustrations by GPT-Image-2.5, music by ElevenLabs. The narration is Steve's original recording, with the music removed for copyright reasons. This is a…