I hate to contribute to the silly discussions about Steve’s wardrobe, but I thought you might enjoy this shot that I snapped during a keynote rehearsal*. Steve is working on his slides, while the producer and director make notes of any changes required. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Keynote Presentations’ Category
Steve Jobs Rehearses – Out of Uniform
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Steve Gives a Mini Keynote
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Revised – In February 2001, as a gesture of appreciation for the tremendous cooperation between Apple and Pioneer (on the project to bring affordable DVD burners aka SuperDrives to the market), Steve agreed to do a presentation to a small group of Pioneer engineers at their facility near Tokyo. I was part of the team that set up the gear for that mini-keynote.
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Those Amazing Rolling Pedestals in the Keynote
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
While another product team works with Steve down at the far end of the stage, I’m setting up the iDVD demo station. It’s on one of those rolling pedestals that slides over magically from the side of the stage when Steve is ready for the demo. You can see the tracks on the floor. (more…)
The Wizard of Pods – Behind the Curtain with Steve Jobs
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
Note: This article was first published, in slightly edited form, in The Guardian on January 5, 2006 under the title ‘Behind the Magic Curtain’. It appears here in unedited form.
When the CEO of Cadbury announces a new line of truffles or speaks at a conference, or Nike introduces a new kind of air-cushioned running shoe, you might expect to see it covered on page 47 of some specialized magazines, then quickly forgotten. But next Tuesday a chief executive will stand up and announce something, and within minutes it’ll be examined in minute detail all across the Web and on stockbrokers’ computers. It’ll be in newspapers. They’ll talk about it for months.
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