July 1999: Pepsi Skullman
- Author
- Josh McGrath & Matt Smith
- Published
- Thu 01 Aug 2019
- Episode Link
- https://memoryprotection.libsyn.com/july-1999-macworld-and-pepsi-skullman
Welcome back to Memory Protection! This month Josh & Matt experience a strange sense of déjà vu as we take a trip to Apple's Macworld Keynote. We talk about destiny, the completion of the product matrix Steve created when he reclaimed his brushed metal throne, a future that never came to pass where Sherlock and Quicktime were the way you interfaced with the internet. Oh, and the time vortex...
Follow Up:
- Jony Ive's early days at Apple
- Newton Messagepad 110 - What a classic!
- Brushed Metal as a direct analogue for a physical device
- Apple's Human Interface Guidelines
- Check out Stephen Hackett's amazing repository of Apple interfaces: Brushed Metal Diaries
- 512px.com Apple History
Hot Cocoa:
- Quicktime: It's Going Places!
- Quicktime pan flute album
- Zamfir Master of the pan flute - Watch this commercial, it will change your life
- Apple adds Linux support to Quicktime Streaming Server
- iMac Clone/Copy Lawsuit
- Misc:
Topics:
- It's Macworld '99 in New York City! - Video
- Pirates of Silicon Valley was released in June 1999 - How did we miss that?!
- Macworld 1999 Wikipedia Info
- Macintosh TV - Weird.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins Video
- Sherlock 2:
- Again, in hindsight - Apple misses the point of a web browser / websites
- Wikipedia says Sherlock 3 actually was a web application. So close!
- iBook referenced as P1 codename
- Apple History Link - find all the codenames for your favorite Apple products
- iBook Commercial Link - Jeff Goldblum at his best?
- Halo Unveiling Video
- ATP 317: Excellent interview with Phil where he talks about the jump stunt.
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