[VIDEO] This is an interview steeped in history, both in terms of the beginnings of Apple and the early days of Silicon Valley.
History
The real legacy of Steve Jobs
Digging through the recent movies and one of the better Steve Jobs biographies, Sue Halpern does an interesting job weaving together a picture of Steve Jobs’ legacy.
The history of the iPod nano
Stephen Hackett did a lovely job pulling together this history of the iPod nano for 512 Pixels.
Chris Espinosa tells the story of the first Mac Plus ever sold
Dori Smith used Storify to pull together Chris Espinosa’s tweet storm detailing his experience selling the very first Mac Plus ever sold. Interesting story.
Revisiting the first OS X beta
This really brought back memories. Great job by Christopher Phin. Terrific screenshots.
Watch MacHeads documentary free online
MacHeads is a funky look back at the Mac’s passionate following. You longtime Mac users might recognize a lot of the folks in this documentary, including our own Shawn King. This brought back a lot of memories.
Steve Jobs’ life offstage: a photo gallery
A photo gallery of Steve Jobs with celebrities, foreign leaders, and fans. And don’t forget that tonight is CNN’s Steve Jobs movie at 9p ET
Apple II Watch
A watch with an Apple Watch emulator and little tiny floppy disks. It’s incredibly cool.
The 100 best iPhone apps of all time
As with any list, there are quibbles (Plants vs. Zombies seems an obvious oversight to me), but I did enjoy the read.
1-800-SOS-APPL
Amazingly, this legacy phone number, forced into existence by a lawsuit, still works!
Fantastic look back at the original iPod release
Natasha Vargas-Cooper did a great job pulling together a Reddit-unearthed MacRumors thread from the day the iPod was released, a video of Steve Jobs pitching the iPod at a music event back in 2001, and the very first iPod commercial.
The very first iPhone commercial
This teaser spot ran during the 2007 Oscars, promoting the iPhone’s June release. I remember this like it was yesterday.
Tony Fadell, Steve Jobs, and the early talks about building a car
Nest’s Tony Fadell talks about self driving cars and conversations with Steve Jobs about building a car back in 2008.
Women from Apple’s early days recall life with Steve Jobs
Wish there was video of this gathering. Would have loved to have seen it live.
The animated biography of Steve Jobs
This was just lovely. Watch the video below, then take a trip over to the home page to read through the time line.
Daniel Kottke, hands on with the very first Mac
Great video. Daniel Kottke gives us a nice guided tour of the very first prototype Mac mother boards. Lovely.
Daniel Kottke, his split with Steve Jobs, and seeing it play out on the big screen
I can only imagine how jarring it must have been for Daniel Kottke to hear his name, see the bitter end of his relationship with Steve played out on the big screen.
Steve Jobs, Apple design, and Japanese aesthetics
From the Matcha Tea blog comes this fascinating discussion of the influence Japanese culture had on Steve Jobs and, as a result, on Apple and the design of Apple products.
Direct from the “Steve Jobs” set, where 2015 was like 1984
More from Scott Knaster, who was in the room at the original rollout and then on the set providing background for the Steve Jobs movie. Great read, great fun and, most importantly, great pictures.
Apple’s biggest fan has died
You can argue about the “biggest fan” title, but he definitely fit that mold. Sad.
[VIDEO] Woz offers his take on the myths and reality in the Steve Jobs movie
Solid interview with Woz on the myths and realities associated with Sorkin’s new movie. Watch the video.
The email that created the IMG tag
An interesting bit of internet history, this email from Marc Andreessen proposes the creation of a core element of HTML, the IMG tag.
Turning down Steve Jobs
This video came out last year, around the 3rd anniversary of Steve’s death. I came across it a few days ago, thought it was appropriate timing and and interesting anecdote. Not sure what the lesson is here, but definitely feels like a parable.
Jean-Louis Gassée: Steve Jobs, memories and legacy
In today’s Monday Note, Jean-Louis penned a beautiful remembrance of the anniversary of Steve’s passing, combined with some insightful thoughts on what Apple has become, is becoming. A thoughtful read.
Woz weighs in on the heated exchange in the Steve Jobs movie
Interesting. TechCrunch lays out some dialog in the Steve Jobs movie, a confrontation between Woz and Jobs, and the real-world Woz weighs in with his disagreeing take.
Be sure to click on all the sounds
This is actually a fascinating article and definitely worth the read. But at the very least, take a few minutes and click on all the little speaker icons embedded in the article.
Jony Ive remembers Steve Jobs
Jony Ive, speaking at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit, on a panel with Director J.J. Abrams and producer Brian Grazer, talks about his memory of Steve Jobs.
Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle on the controversy over ‘Steve Jobs’
Caitlin McGarry, writing for MacWorld, pulled together this interview with the director and creator of the new Steve Jobs film. Lots of controversy around this movie.
An illustrated history of Mac OS X
Beautifully drawn, full of fascinating tidbits.
When the Steve Jobs movie came calling
Scott Knaster, aside from being an aspiring actor, professional Mad Magazine collector, and wonderfully entertaining writer, was actually once an Apple employee, back when the Mac was being born (1983-1990).
Read on for his experience providing background for the new Steve Jobs movie.