e62 – Emoji Easter Eggs

July 29, 2017

Inspired by World Emoji Day, we take a look at various bits of history that Apple has hidden in its emoji artwork.

e61 – The iPhone at 10

June 29, 2017

The iPhone was released to the world 10 years ago today. We celebrate a decade of the device that changed the world.

Interviews and articles

Computer History Museum panel and interview with Scott Forstall
- Ganatra and Melton on Debug [I II III IV V]
original iPhone reviewers panel
Forstall, Fadell, Christer interview
controversial new book

The iPhone launch and legacy

big lines at Apple stores
- Jobs and Forstall at the Palo Alto store
- a smaller launch event for Jaguar
- iFixit goes to Australia for the 5s
Jobs price drop apology letter [WayBack]
tech the iPhone built on
- Newton
- iPod
  - P1 prototype
  - dock connector
tech the iPhone obsoleted
- BlackBerry
- Palm
  - Treo
  - WebOS
    - not dead, it's on a fridge!
- iPod
tech the iPhone led the way for
- multi-touch
- Launchpad 🚀🙄
- ¿copycat? Android phones
the iPhone's worldwide impact
- autocorrect fails
- Apps
- Siri
  - other voice assistants
  - Her
- flat design

e60 – Everything Old is New Again

June 10, 2017

The announcements made at WWDC 2017 reminded us of a lot of classic Mac technologies, in name, design, and function.

Follow Up

Ed on Mac Power Users #380
new additions to Internet Archive Mac emulation
Apple museum visits
- Jake Bordens at Apple Museum Prague
- Stephen and Ticci at the Computer History Museum
- functioning Apple I sold at auction
Pomona prototype recreated by Jeff Rule

WWDC 2017 announcements

Control Center be like pic.twitter.com/MXWbRSzBeT
— Collin Allen (@command_tab) June 5, 2017

Mac input devices

e59 – Apple Museums

May 20, 2017

Inspired by the grand reveal of the new MacPaw museum and some new early Apple exhibits in Seattle, we take a tour of the world's greatest Apple collections on display.

Follow Up

Love Notes to Newton film
- map of potential interviewees
failed Crystal Quest Kickstarter
- Crystal Quest Classic available anyway
Retronauts 98: Mac Gaming in the '80s
Play Different YouTube channel

Apple Museums

Apple Museum (Prague)
- Steven's Food
- image gallery
Apple Museum (Moscow)
- Bell & Howell Apple II
- image gallery
MacMuzeum (Warsaw)
- collection (sadly) for sale
All About Apple (Savona, Italy)
- care package from Apple HQ
- Savona's other claim to fame
MacPaw HQ (Kiev)
- public announcement and video
- Tekserve
  - shop closed in 2016
  - collection planned to be auctioned
Living Computers Museum (Seattle)
Computer Museum of America (Roswell, Georgia)
- purchased Alex Jason's "Apple Orchard"
- An Exploration of Apple exhibit
the garage where it all started
- …or maybe not.
Computer History Museum (San Jose)
- Preliminary Confidential Offering [PDF]
- Macintosh Business Plan [PDF]
The Computer Museum (Boston)

e58 – Classic Mac Games

April 29, 2017

The Internet Archive recently made a library of classic Mac software available via in-browser emulation. So we played a bunch of Mac games from the late '80s and early '90s — some that we remembered fondly, some that we'd never played, and some that destroyed us.