Computer History Museum Panel Celebrates Apple at 50
The Computer History Museum has hosted a panel discussion, “Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different.” Moderated by long-time journalist and author David Pogue as the kickoff event for his new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years” (which I’m still reading), the panel brings together numerous figures from Apple’s history. TidBITS readers will all recognize former Apple CEO John Sculley, of course, and Apple’s longest-serving employee, Chris Espinosa, has been mentioned in TidBITS multiple times. But what really makes the event stand out are stories from lesser-known figures, like Bill Fernandez, the guy who introduced Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple’s third founder. Others who share their stories include Robert Brunner, who built Apple’s in-house industrial design studio (and hired Jony Ive), plus the former NeXT employees Avie Tevanian and Jon Rubinstein, who came over to Apple with Steve Jobs. Tevanian managed the transition from the classic Mac OS to Mac OS X, and Rubinstein led hardware engineering through the iMac and iPod era. It’s well worth carving out some time to watch the 98-minute presentation, which, beyond the interesting historical stories, features the ever-entertaining David Pogue at his inimitable best.
I’m really enjoying the audiobook of Pogue’s book. No pictures or accompanying pdf, but I’ll probably pick up the hardback when it comes out.
You won’t regret it. It is the closest thing I think we will ever get to an Apple encyclopedia. He left absolutely nothing out, including dispelling all the decades-long misconceptions and assumptions. His 2 years’ worth of work shows. And the book weighs a TON.