In 2017, the San Francisco Opera debuted a musical opera about the life and times of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Open Apple #29 (July 2013): Mike Willegal, Apple-1, cons, and films
This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only monthly podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Mike Willegal, Apple-1 and Apple II reproduction expert extraordinaire. His topic is hot this month: five Apple-1 computers were simultaneously on display at the History San Jose museum; one is being auctioned online; Willegal was interviewed for a […]
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Open Apple podcast #16: Martin Haye
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken speak with Martin Haye, 8-bit programmer extraordinare. We love us some conventions, be they KansasFest, the Vintage Computer Festival, @party, ROFLCon, or WordCamp. We wonder why video games have abandoned humor and if Kickstarter can bring it back. Steve Wozniak is advising the Steve Jobs film — […]
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Woz hired to advise Jobs biopic
According to this Reuters report, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has been hired to act as an advisor on the new Steve Jobs biopic. No, not that one. This is the film currently being written by Aaron Sorkin and backed by Sony Pictures. Woz’s role is being described as that of “tutor†for the technical aspects […]
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Remembering Steve Jobs
Today would have been Steve Jobs’ 57th birthday and The Unofficial Apple Weblog has posted a nice set of videos in remembrance.  Check them out here.
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iWitness: Jerry Manock remembers Steve Jobs
The website Seven Days, which bills itself as Vermont’s independent voice, has a nice interview with early Apple employee and industrial designer Jerry Manock.  As expected, most of the interview is about Jerry’s relationship with his former boss Steve Jobs.  Manock, who is credited with the design of most aspects of the Apple II outside the circuit […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 4 now available
Volume 16, Issue 4 (September 2011) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, is now arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes. This 24-page issue features reviews of the CFFA3000, the Steve Jobs biography, and the Tiger Learning Computer; an interview with Kristi Petters, the former Apple employee who licensed the Apple IIe technology for the […]
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Steve Jobs wins a Grammy
More precisely,  a Special Merit Award.  The Recording Academy yesterday released its annual list of Grammy Award nominees and at the same time, the 2012 Special Merit Awards recipients.  This year’s list includes the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.  Jobs will posthumously receive the Trustee Award at a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during Grammy […]
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Statue of Steve Jobs erected in Budapest
A statue of the late Apple co-founder has been unveiled in Budapest. According to the PR Newswire release found here, “the statue is the first in the world honoring the late founder of Apple, who passed away on October 5. Crafted by Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth, the life-like bronze statue stands near the entrance of […]