July 1999: 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...

Listen:

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
  • Apple sues Future Power
  • Future Power's iMac Rip-off Analyzed By Michael Munger
  • More iMac Clones
• Misc:
  • Apple Inks Deal With AOL For Mac/Instant Message Compatibility
  • Apple Plunks US$100 Million Into Samsung - Noted.
  • Wacom Brings Graphic Tablets To USB
  • Apple To Launch An Apple Store In Canada Soon

Topics:

• It's Macworld '99 in New York City! - Video
  • Pirates of Silicon Valley was released in June 1999 - How did we miss that?!
    • WikiPedia entry
    • IMDb entry
  • 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.