People and Technology
Today I’m in San Francisco at The Internet Archive, where they are hosting a “Grand Re-opening of the Public Domain.”
The main stage program is being live-streamed on the YouTube Channel of the Internet Archive:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IoATBk-3yn8
In this time of uncertainty, confusion, and division, it’s wonderful to be celebrating creativity and history here today.
10 years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the world to a new thing — the iPhone. Even if you are familiar with the event, have seen the video, or were there, it may not occur to you how weak the reception was in that room, that day.
With remarkable style, Steve Jobs setup the context masterfully, and then said,
… we’re introducing three revolutionary products….
(Polite clapping and a couple whoops)