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WWDC 2001: APIs and FDR (4/18/01)
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We wouldn't exactly consider it "news" as much as "something you knew was going to happen anyway but it's still really nice to hear it confirmed," but Apple just issued a press release announcing that none other than Steve Jobs himself will be kicking off next month's annual Worldwide Developers Conference. But wait! This isn't just any ordinary keynote address: instead, Steve will launch the geekfest with a "fireside chat." Holy Hannah, Uncle Steve is channeling FDR! We always suspected that Steve possessed supernatural abilities, but now we've finally got proof.
So far, there's been no indication that Steve's WWDC performance will be webcast, so if you can't risk the possibility of missing His Mercurialness enter a trance, host the restless spirit of ol' Franklin Delano, and prattle on endlessly about the New Deal and the various achievements of the 73rd Congress, you're going to have to get yourself a ticket to the real thing. So clear your calendar for the week of May 21st through the 25th, book a round-trip ticket to San Jose, and don't forget the $1595 entrance fee.
What's that, you say? You think $1595 is a mite steep just to see Steve channel the spirit of some dead guy who likes to talk about the Works Relief Program? Well, that's as may be, but don't forget that after Steve's seance, you'll have five glorious days in which to learn everything there is to know about writing software for Mac OS X. In fact, we hear there are even some odd ducks who are paying for the conference and consider the Stevester's spirited antics a mere bonus! Go figure. In any case, if you're a Select member of the Apple Developer Connection, you've still got a couple of days left in which you qualify for $200 off; if you're not a member, you can join now and get $300 off, instead. And best of all, if you're a Premier member, you even get one ticket for free. So don't delay; the ghost of FDR is waiting.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/18/01 episode: April 18, 2001: Word has it that the iMac may be widening in its old age. Meanwhile, not everyone agrees that iPhoto is a red herring and iPicture's the one to watch, and Steve Jobs plans to forgo the usual keynote address this year, by kicking off WWDC with a seance instead...
Other scenes from that episode: 2997: More Room To Spread Out (4/18/01) Whither the lowly iMac? When Uncle Steve first took the wraps off his Bondi Blue baby back in '98, we never thought we'd be describing its linear descendents as "lowly," but in a way, it's an apt description; funky patterns and CD-burning capabilities aside, today's iMac isn't the earthshattering sales phenomenon it once was... 2998: iPhoto Is Out; iPicture Is In (4/18/01) Okay, we're going to have to revisit this whole "iPhoto Studio" brouhaha for a moment, so bear with us. Once The Mac Show Live spent fifteen minutes surfing the web and making a few phone calls to determine that the not-so-mysterious "iPhoto Studio" (mentioned as a topic in an upcoming Apple-cosponsored seminar) is simply a third-party workflow management service for professional photographers, we figured the burgeoning yet misguided speculation that it's actually Apple's Next Big iApp would have ground to a halt...
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