Q&A with Steve Jobs, WWDC 1997

It’s 1997. Apple had just purchased NeXT Computer. Steve Jobs is back at Apple but is not yet CEO. He is an advisor to current CEO Gil Amelio. At the annual developer conference it’s typical to have open question and answer sessions at the end of the week. This is such a session.

YouTube: Steve Jobs’s Closing Keynote at WWDC 1997

Running time is about an hour and the video quality is a little lacking but wow is this content insightful. There are lots of interesting takeaways from this video but for me one of the most interesting ones is how the interaction between Apple and developers has changed over the years.

I have a much longer post on this topic but it’s currently a rambling mess. I don’t want to postpone linking the video though so here it is. Credit to John Gruber for my original introduction to this.

Posted on: July 1, 2011 – 11:10 AM

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