Linked List: June 3, 2017

Saturday, 3 June 2017

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Ina Fried: Bozoma Saint John Plans to Leave Apple 

Ina Fried, reporting a scoop for Axios:

Bozoma Saint John, the Apple executive who garnered significant attention for her demo at last year’s worldwide developer conference, plans to leave the company, Axios has learned. Saint John was head of Global Consumer Marketing for Apple Music (and predecessor Beats Music). […]

While Apple has several women of color in higher-ranking positions, Saint John had a high profile beyond Apple and was widely praised for her on-stage work last year. She was also fairly unique among Apple executives in maintaining a strong personal brand beyond her work identity, with a strong following on Instagram and Twitter.

So much for my prediction on The Talk Show that we’d see Boz on-stage again in the WWDC keynote. I also enjoyed that the company with Woz and Joz now had a Boz.

‘App: The Human Story’ Screening Tomorrow Night in San Jose 

Tomorrow night in San Jose:

Join AltConf and Layers on Sunday June 4 for an exclusive pre-release screening of App: The Human Story, a documentary that gives an intimate view into the journeys of independent app makers as they traverse a dynamic new industry. Following the screening, a panel made up of cast members from the film, including Adam Lisagor, Brent Simmons, Cabel Sasser, Grey Osten, John Gruber, Ish Shabazz, Jay Dysart, Melissa Hargis, Steven Frank and Windy Chien, will discuss the documentary film.

Co-director Jake Schumacher will be there too. The screening is at 5p, and I’ll be leading the panel discussion afterward. I’ve seen a recent cut of the film and it’s terrific. I can’t believe this screening hasn’t sold out yet — get your tickets while there are still some left.

Tickets are $25, and all proceeds go to App Camp for Girls. If you see me there, please say hello.