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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
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
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.
@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.
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
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
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