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40 Years Ago Today
January 03 2017 08:12 AM
2017 is going to be a big year of anniversaries for Apple.
40 years: Apple II
30 years: Mac II, HyperCard
20 years: G3 line, OS8
10 years: iPhone
But let’s start with the most important one:
January 3, 1977, Apple’s date of incorporation as Apple Computer, Inc., and its first offices.
40 years ago tonight, Woz got the key to 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite B3-C, which we had leased for the first Apple office.
He called me and [Randy Wigginton] and invited us to come over. The room was mostly empty. Carpeting on the left side, linoleum on the right.
The only thing in the room was a lot of Bell 2565HK five-line phones. They were wired to a Centrex system in the PO.
Woz, of course, knew all about these phones but had never had a Centrex of his own to play with. So he invented a game for us.
We’d each take a phone and start with it on-hook, then try to dial each others’ extension. You have to hand up to redial, leaving you open.
If you got rung 5 times you were out. We played that game for an hour, then went to Bob’s Big Boy down the street.
TWEETED TODAY BY APPLE EMPLOYEE #8, CHRIS ESPINOSA, WHO JOINED APPLE AT THE AGE OF 14.
See You Next Year [UPDATED]
September 08 2016 07:07 AM
iPhone 7. The iPhone 6 and 6s on steroids. If I was in the market for a new phone, this is the phone I would buy.
However, unless my current iPhone 6 (yikes! I’m still carrying a two-year-old phone!) dies or gets stolen any time soon, I’m not in the market for a new phone. Ditto for Eka (and then some). Everything new in the 7 is great but not so great that it instantly obsoletes my phone. And now that the carriers are no longer subsidizing the phone purchase, I am dis-incentivized to get a new phone every year. Life goes on.
So I’m holding out for next year’s tenth anniversary iPhone which, by all accounts, will be a revolutionary re-design and maybe maybe chock full of some cool new stuff, an iPhone truly worth the wait.
UPDATE (September 20 2016): Next year is now, next year is today. The battery in my iPhone 6 is stuttering and Verizon tempted me with an offer I couldn’t refuse so…
The Talk Show Live, 6/14/16
June 26 2016 12:49 PM
The Talk Show Live | The Mezzanine, San Francisco | Tuesday June 14 2016
The red arrow is pointing at Yours Truly in the sixth row.
Photo: Marco Arment
Full video:
The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2016 from John Gruber on Vimeo.
40 Years in 40 Seconds
April 01 2016 03:18 PM
John Siracusa's quibbles: 1) the elements aren't chronological and 2) the Newton erasure doesn't end with the Newton OS's signature puff of smoke.
Agreed. But lovely nonetheless.
Stand With Tim
February 18 2016 07:32 AM
The implications of the government’s demands are chilling. If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data. The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge.
Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the U.S. government.
We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications.
While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.
Tim Cook
Links last updated: Sunday February 23 2016
Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the U.S. government.
We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications.
While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.
Tim Cook
Links last updated: Sunday February 23 2016
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