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A decade of NeXT and Apple
In the summer of 1989, I had a really, really tough assignment: I had to evaluate the NeXT Cube for a publishing company. What a hardship to have that black box on my desk, along with that 400-dpi laser printer! I don't know how I ever managed. It's ...
NeXT collection on eBay
Combining two of our little trends lately, retroware and eBay vintage, here's the motherload for any NeXT fan-- a complete (and boy do I mean complete) set of NeXT computer cube stuff on eBay. Holy cow that's a lot of stuff-- he's a matching ...
Blast from the Past: Apple acquires NeXT
It's December 20, 1996. Apple has just acquired NeXT in a $400 million deal that brings Steve Jobs back to Apple. Jobs will act as an "advisor" to CEO Gil Amelio, bringing his charisma to the team led by Amelio and Ellen Hancock.
The deal offers $350 ...
Found Footage: A working NeXT Cube
Al Diblasi over at Alfred.TV keeps coming up with fun videos with old Apple or related devices as the centerpiece. In this latest 53-minute masterpiece on YouTube (below), Al boots up a 1991 68040-based NeXT Cube, and then shows off some of the ...
Former Apple General Counsel still in hot water
Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg.com writes that former General Counsel Nancy Heinan may still be sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the backdating issues that recently plagued Steve Jobs, Apple, and Pixar according to her attorney Miles ...
Today's a big day for Steve
Fun fact: September 16 is the day in 1985 that Steve Jobs left Apple, and also the same day in 1997 that he returned to Apple as then-iCEO.
Jobs first left after CEO John Sculley ousted him from Apple's board of directors after both had tried to be ...
Jobs' Stanford Commencement Speech Online
The other day, I mentioned a few highlights from Steve Jobs' Commencement Speech for Stanford, and now, Stanford has posted a full transcript of the speech for our reading pleasure.
The speech consists of three stories, the second of which ...
The Smithsonian's interview with Steve Jobs
While I personally think next year's keynote will have Steve announcing his retirement (having climbed about every mountain around), it's important to understand that SJ has led multiple lives already. College dropout, seeker of truths, dad, ...
Book Review: "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs"
In "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs," Carmine Gallo provides a framework for you to deliver a keynote like Steve does. The book provides both an Al Michaels and John Madden perspective of Jobs's keynotes: a play-by-play account of events ...
Rig of the Day: Vintage collection
Flickr user brrm (I
really like that user name for some reason) shows off his great collection of vintage Apple hardware. Check out the
great Lisa II (in very nice condition), his collection of Powerbooks (180, 180c, 520c, 190, 100,
2400/180c, Pismo ...
Blast from the Past: 1996 Programming FAQ
Do you remember the days of MarksMan (aka Prototyper)? AppMaker? Mac Common Lisp? Smalltalk Agents? This FAQ may bring back some memories. It's a snapshot in time from 1996, which seems like yesterday in real time but was, technologically-speaking, ...
Wired on Apple heroes and villians
Wired
is running a piece profiling Apple's heroes and
villains throughout the company's 30 year history. You'll find Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Jef Raskin on the list (I'll let you guess which
group they belong to) along with many others. The ...
More laser etched Powerbooks
Philip Torrone is at it again. 3 more Powerbooks have received the laser etching treatment
(read about the first one he did, or
get yours done by ETCHamac). This time the Powerbooks get a NeXT
logo, a bunny in a tsunami, and some tasteful blossom ...
WA fines Apple $100k
How did Apple Legal miss this? Under a 1999 law, any company who sells service contracts (think AppleCare) in the state of Washington must register with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. Apparently, Apple somehow neglected to do this between ...
Macworld: what a difference a decade makes
Stevemas (that's Macworld to you) is just around the corner and the Mac web can hardly wait. What will Apple wow us with this time around? A true video iPod? New displays with built in iSights? Only Steve knows for sure, however, let's cast our gaze ...
