History

Sorkin’s “Steve Jobs” – An insider’s view

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In this post, you’ll meet Michael Stuhlbarg, who played Andy Hertzfeld (not sure why they insisted on putting a ‘t’ at the end of his name.) and hear his thoughts on the structure of the movie and the rehearsal process.

Much more than the history of NeXT

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In addition to his role supervising the Tools Story/Editorial team at Pixar, Michael B. Johnson, AKA Dr. Wave, or just Wave, is on the Board of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. The video below is a fascinating interview Michael did with three people who witnessed the early days of NeXT firsthand: Doug Menuez, Peter Graffagnino, and Don Melton.

Finally, a Steve Jobs movie that really gets it

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Watch the trailer, embedded below. This clicks for me. Obviously it helps that this is real footage, versus actors playing roles, but this feels real. And Gibney knows how to tell a story.

The history of icons

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A beautiful scrolling time line showing the history of icons.

Steve Jobs: Start with the customer experience and work backwards

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Gary Stockton dug up an old WWDC clip (embedded below) that shows Steve Jobs replying to a snarky question from the audience (remember when Steve used to take questions from the audience?) about OpenDoc and Java. Steve’s reply is worth watching.

The history of Think Different

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How Craig Tanimoto’s simple sketch turned in to an advertising campaign that helped turn Apple’s fortunes around. Nice little story.

The Apple collector

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Interesting video on Apple collector Lonnie Mimms and his lifelong dream to create a museum dedicated to old computers and gadgets, especially those made by Apple.

American Genius: Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates

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The National Geographic channel is running a mini-series, starting tonight, subtitled “The Competition to Control the Personal Computer, 1974-1999”.

Judge certifies class action against SiriusXM over pre-1972 music

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The Hollywood Reporter:

A huge lawsuit against SiriusXM over its performance of pre-1972 sound recordings is officially no longer just about Flo & Eddie of The Turtles. On Wednesday, the high-stakes litigation took another major step forward after U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez granted a motion for class certification.

Big implications.

Steve Jobs and time travel

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Yesterday, I posted this video, a collection of photos and audio interviews of Apple’s early days. A reader alerted me to an interesting picture of a young Steve Jobs at about 1:50 into the video. Take a look.

The early days of Apple

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This is an amazing video, a collection of audio interviews and still photos, beautifully edited together to capture the early days of Apple. You’ll hear lots of Steve and Woz, and some excellent anecdotes.