Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook partner to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, which features emails, videos, and historical materials related to Jobs
The Steve Jobs Archive makes its emails, videos, and historical materials available through a dedicated destination, giving researchers and readers a direct source alongside accounts from Apple alumni.
Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs become the launch partners associated with curating and presenting Jobs-related material publicly.
Second-order effects
Accounts of Jobs's tenure from former Apple executives can be compared against archive material, raising the value of documented records relative to standalone anecdotes.
Apple's institutional history gains a public channel connected to its current CEO and former design chief, rather than being represented only through outside interviews and films.
Third-order effects
If the archive continues to add material, technology-company history may be shaped increasingly by family members and former executives who control access to primary records, alongside independent reporting and retrospectives.
The trend: Prominent technology figures are moving from recounting company history in interviews to building dedicated archives that frame a founder's legacy through primary materials.
“What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.”—Steve Jobs, 1994 Welcome to the Steve Jobs Archive. Let's make something wonderful. https://stevejobsarchive.com/ https…
It's clear why Apple is opposing interoperability. But people should be able to send high quality videos and photos to their mom without having to buy her a new phone. #GetTheMessage https://twitter.com/...
The Steve Jobs Archive features an email that Steve once sent to himself. Incredible that they're sharing more of his wisdom. Makes me very happy. It's quite moving. https://twitter.com/...
Through a powerful curiosity, imagination, ambition & a demand for excellence, Steve Jobs had a profound impact on the people of the world, including me & the @SJArchive is the perfect way to celebrate his extraordinary legacy by inspiring future generations to follow his lead.
This is cool, but a tiny, baby nibble of what should be in there. We've got an archive that's just full of stuff scraped from the web and it spans hours and hours of content. Need more. https://twitter.com/...
Wonderful homage to Steve Jobs in this dedicated One Pager curating his most influential speeches 💬 → https://stevejobsarchive.com/ 🧵 Couple lovely touches 1/3 - the intro letter zoom animation: https://twitter.com/...
While everyone is “remembering” the deified Steve Jobs at #Code2022, it is important to note his leadership skills were not to be emulated, and he would have lived to see the future he created if he didn't think he could outsmart cancer or his doctors. https://allthatsinteresting…
Laurene Powell Jobs says that she, Tim Cook and Jony Ive and a broader group are working to establish the Steve Jobs Archive. Here's the website: https://stevejobsarchive.com/ https://twitter.com/...
More on the Steve Jobs archive. “The Archive will act as a repository of historical materials relating to Steve, some of which have never before been made public.” https://twitter.com/...
Steve's legacy lives on in the company we are and the products and services we create. The Steve Jobs Archive was created as a place to spark a sense of possibility in everyone. https://stevejobsarchive.com/
This document was released by @SJArchive, which was just announced by Laurene Powell Jobs as “a repository of historical materials relating to Steve, some of which have never before been made public”: https://stevejobsarchive.com/
The new Steve Jobs Archive is worth an explore - especially the simple but clever animation used in the ‘alternative’ Apple logo. https://stevejobsarchive.com/ (Wonder if this was the work of Jony Ive's design studio?) HT @jaypeters https://twitter.com/...
“Our users consistently tell us the garden is lovely and the walls, though tall, are quite elegant and thoughtfully designed. They rarely ask to see what's beyond the walls, and when we tell them there's nothing worth seeing they are content.” https://twitter.com/...
He yelled at his nurses cuz of the design of his oxygen mask & made them bring him 5 different models. https://mac.softpedia.com/... He was a narcissist on par with the founders of WeWork & Uber who built decent products, but was best at telling customers the lies they wanted to …