Linked List: March 24, 2021

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Siracusa on Mac OS X at 20 

John Siracusa:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Mac OS X 10.0. If you’d like to look back at my writing on the subject, here’s a collection of links. In particular, I did five- and ten-year retrospectives that might be interesting to look at from our 20-year viewpoint.

Holds up.

Tony Fadell, Too 

Tony Fadell on Twitter:

Coincidentally, 20 years ago today, Stan Ng (Marketing), Jeff Robbin (iTunes) and I pitched Steve Jobs the P68 Dulcimer project.

8 months later that project became the iPod.

I suspect the pitching for P68 took place on March 23 (a Friday), but (a) maybe those folks really were working six days a week, and (b) there’s no question Apple was truly firing on all cylinders in 2001.

Ng and Robbin are still at Apple. Ng has led Apple Watch product marketing since it debuted, and Robbin is still in charge of Apple’s Music apps (and I think apps like TV and Podcasts too — anything derived from SoundJam iTunes).

Scott Forstall on Mac OS X’s 20th Anniversary 

Scott Forstall:

Happy 20th Birthday Mac OS X! I still remember when we named you. In a small room in IL1. When Steve slashed a large X on the wall and smiled. Look at how far you’ve come from a young Cheetah.

Rare tweet from Forstall; would love to hear from him more often.

‘NFT’s Are a Dangerous Trap’ 

Seth Godin:

Like most traps, they’re mysterious and then appealing and then it’s too late.