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Macintosh Stories: And Another Thing...
B y early 1982, the Macintosh was beginning to be acknowledged as a significant project within Apple, instead of a quirky research effort, but it still remained somewhat controversial. Since the Mac was sort of like a Lisa that was priced like an Apple II, it was seen as potential competition ...
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The Life of Steve Jobs - So Far [Apple]
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information — Here's an idea: How about we stop focusing on livers for a second and look at the best, worst and as he might put it, "insanely great" parts of Steve Jobs life so far? Foreword (It's long. You can skip this if you want.) The timeline itself is made from a half dozen books, which I've listed below, and several websites. I'm sure there are some errors and missing parts, because the books often contradict each other. Also, I consider this timeline/biography to be in Alpha, so let me know if there's a mistake and send me a good piece of source material and I'll make corrections. Also, images are very welcome. When Bill Gates went into retirement, we threw him a week-long ...

The Life of Steve Jobs - So Far [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... of Businessby Jeffrey Young • The Perfect Thing by Steven Levy • The Journey is the Reward by Jeffrey Young • West of Eden: The End of Innocence at Apple Computer by Frank Rose Websites: • Apple 2 History • Apple Turns 30 Timeline at CNet • Wikipedia on Lisa, the Mac and Steve Jobs • YouTube, Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 • Folklore.org, homepage of Revolution in the Valley • NY Times interview with Jobs ...

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