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Steve Jobs

Fuse Film Review: “Steve Jobs”—Computer Crash

Steve Jobs is a one-dimensional film about a terminally self-absorbed character.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Aaron Sorkin, Apple, Danny Boyle, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dervis, Steve Jobs

Fun Days in the PARC: Remembering Jacob Goldman

The Xerox Alto, the first personal computer

How did it come about that a manufacturer of office equipment developed–and then largely abandoned–the first personal computer?

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Technology and the Arts Tagged: bitmap, Dennis Ritchie, Ethernet, George Pake, graphical user interface, GUI, Jacob Goldman, John Bardeen, mouse, personal computer, Smalltalk, Steve Jobs, Xerox Alto, Xerox PARC

Short Fuse Review/Commentary: Steve Jobs and the Digital Acid Trip

No doubt too much can be made out of Steve Jobs’s tripped-out youth, but also, too little. Jobs himself said: “Definitely, taking LSD is one of the most important things in my life.” He never recanted when it came to psychedelics, or disowned their influence.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Apple, Bill Gates, computers, Short Fuse, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson

Goodbyes and Hellos: Remembering Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson and their PDP-11

If you’re reading this on an iMac, MacBook, iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad, you can thank the late Steve Jobs. But your gratitude should also be extended to another technology giant who passed away last Saturday.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Technology and the Arts Tagged: Dennis Ritchie, iMac, iPad, iPhone, Ipod touch, MacBook, Steve Jobs, Unix

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