Jason Snell

Tech journalist and podcaster. (Not really interacting here anymore. See pinned post for info about how to reach me.)

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Good places where you can interact me:
Six Colors, Incomparable, Relay FM, TWiT member Discords (join today!)

jsnell at zeppelin dot flights on Mastodon
snell dot zone on Bsky
jsnell at threads

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Designed in California Kickstarter is live!

https://t.co/Yo6GrbJ0hq

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@WCCSG_ J Torchio

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Lots of people enjoyed the Upgrade episode about the origins of Apple! So @imyke and I are going to try to do it as a regular podcast. It will be a lot of work, so we need your help. Kickstarter campaign launches June 1! https://t.co/gpGi5B1o9H

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Steve Jobs in Exile by @geoffrey_cain is out today. I talked to him about it this week in depth on Upgrade: https://t.co/VTat1dYQVJ

[Geoffrey Cain @geoffrey_cain]

Today is launch day for Steve Jobs in Exile. I spent almost four years digging into Steve's stretch in the wilderness -- 1985 to 1997, after Apple pushed him out and before it brought him back.

I expected the record to be complete. What more could there be on the most written-about entrepreneur alive? I was wrong. An archivist at Carnegie Mellon told me I was the first person in about fifteen years to open the NeXT archive. People had been holding letters, tapes, memos, recordings in their closets for decades, waiting to show someone. More than a hundred of them sat down with me.

They didn't tell me about the genius-or-tyrant caricature. This was a younger Steve, mostly off-camera, nearly bankrupt, learning the hard way. Out now, order link below.

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@Ourand_Puck I have always loved your stuff but suggesting that Jim Dolan will become liked "by making his partners and public market investors a lot of money" seems to entirely miss the point about why people hate Jim Dolan.

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@JohnLamont Theory: they were extra motivated to extend because they know Apple is lurking

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@noiterations @SnazzyLabs Install crosspoint open source reader. Super easy to do (via chrome) and makes it much easier to use

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

That was Tim, this is Ternus.

https://t.co/VD1xrohAfL

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Last chance! Closing soon! If you're in Apple-related IT or know someone who is, my annual Apple in the Enterprise survey is still going on and I'd love more people to take it.

https://t.co/VfMql0X5fs

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@timfolkins sure! https://t.co/ecOyAVsewJ

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

Apple-related IT people! Please take my survey for the annual Apple in the Enterprise Report Card!

https://t.co/VfMql0X5fs

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

If you’re involved in administering Apple systems in a large organization, I’d love for you to participate in our annual Six Colors Apple in the Enterprise report card!

https://t.co/TE6LxqYAYz

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@pwdunn I don't mind being beaten by an all-timer.

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

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[Jeopardy! @Jeopardy]

The Leaderboard of Legends has a new resident: Jamie Ding 🔸

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@RadioFreeTom Dammit, time to queue up "Patterns of Force."

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@jreed013 Gives them money to pay me so I love it

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

This is me! I wrote this one!

[The Verge @verge]

Apple II Forever! https://t.co/AGpzC0QvSn

[Jason Snell @jsnell]

@XColorado325 No, the verge paid me for it so it's theirs

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