Apple has confirmed that Steve Jobs died yesterday. Jobs more than anyone else represented the silicon valley generation, dropping out of college, starting his company in his parents garage, making it a big success, before being thrown out of the company he founded for not being corporate enough. Like a phoenix he rose once again, returning to his company in its hour of need and became an even bigger hero a second time over. He is the most respected and celebrated technology leaders of ours or any other time, bridging the gap from those early years to today when Apple is the most valued technology business on the planet. He was never out of touch, not once, in all those…