Another gem from our friend Alfred DiBlasi on YouTube.com. From his intro:
"You will enjoy this very short clip entitled "SpoonMan" from the QuickTime Version 1.0 CD-ROM. This is vintage, 1990 footage.
The original clip was filmed at a resolution of 160 x 120, 8 bit color, and 8 bit audio. I did clean up the audio a bit so you have a better listening experience.
I don't know why, but I've watched this clip over and over. See if it has the same effect on you!"



SpoonMan

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The April 25 - 30 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "HP Frees Woz, Lisa Discontinued, iTMS Launched".

April 25 - 30: HP Frees Woz, Lisa Discontinued, iTMS Launched

From the YouTube.com intro:
"In the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, founders of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak take their Apple 1 computer to the local Homebrew Computer Club at Berkely, and make an impression.
Pirates of Silicon Valley is a made-for-TV motion picture made in 1998 telling the story of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs rise to fame in Microsoft and Apple, respectively."



Pirates of Silicon Valley: Apple Computer goes to the Homebrew Club

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The April 19 - 24 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple IIc Beats Mac, Mission: Impossible, & 5 Million iMacs".

April 19 - 24: Apple IIc Beats Mac, Mission: Impossible, & 5 Million iMacs

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The April 11 - 17 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Jobs' Demotion, IBM, Pink, Windows Lawsuit, Profit & Loss".

April 11 - 17: Jobs' Demotion, IBM, Pink, Windows Lawsuit, Profit & Loss

Another great new article by Tom Hormby at Low End Mac.
"Apple's brand was in bad shape in the Fall of 1997. Steve Jobs had orchestrated a palace coups against Gil Amelio and had slashed budgets. Unfortunately, despite the momentous changes within Apple, it still had a staid image. Steve Jobs commissioned the 'Think Different' campaign in August and the first ads were ready in September. Even ten years after the debut, "Think Different" is still one of most remembered ad campaigns ever."

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10 Years of 'Think Different': The Ad Campaign that Restored Apple's Reputation

Ted Hodges at Low End Mac seems to be in love with Lisa! His new article begins:
"Ever since I can remember, I have loved computers. For the last ten years I've loved the Mac OS, but now I seem to have found something better - the Lisa Office System (LOS).
I know that LOS is old and outdated with no upgrade path whatsoever, but something else has drawn me to it: Its functionality.
It doesn't crash, I don't have to remember to save my work, I can turn it off with all of my documents open, and I can continue working right where I left off when I turn it back on.
LOS isn't without it faults: It's slow (very slow at times), doesn't support color, can't really use any other software except for the 7/7 suite, and can't go online. (It can do some of those things under MacWorks, but MacWorks isn't LOS.)"

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Using Apple's Lisa for Real Work

PC World has chosen it's top 50 tech products, and while we're not big fans of top lists, on this one the Apple II is ranked at #2! Other Apple products can be found throughout the list.
"From breakthrough hardware to time-honored software, we salute those amazing products that changed technology--and our lives--forever. The Beatles. Citizen Kane. Muhammad Ali. Many have laid claim to being the "best ever" in their respective fields of work, but only one can top the list. And the same is true when it comes to technology."

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The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time

Another great new article by Tom Hormby at Low End Mac.
"Pixar history began more than ten years before Steve Jobs bought the group (and its patents) from George Lucas in 1985. Proto-Pixar was actually started as a research group by engineers from academia and Xerox PARC. They wanted to create a computer generated feature film (twenty years before Toy Story). Unfortunately, the computing power would be too expensive, so they moved to LucasFilm and were eventually spun off as Pixar."

Read More:
CGI Story: The Development of 3D Computer Graphics, 1974-94

Better late than never! A quick snippet from the Time Magazine issue of March 31, 2003. It's from their "80 Days That Changed the World" series and celebrated the April 1, 1976 founding of Apple Computer.

Time Magazine: Apple Boots Up

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The April 1 - 10 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple Founded, John Sculley Chooses Change, Irony".

April 1 - 10: Apple Founded, John Sculley Chooses Change, Irony