Apple 50th anniversary posts

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Let’s collect the 50th anniversary posts, podcasts, and videos that are particularly worthwhile here. I may publish them in TidBITS next week to make sure the links are in the historical record.

A few I’ve found so far:

What else have you found interesting?

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What Apple’s 50th Anniversary Misses
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The Paul McCartney concert:

I hope Apple will release this concert for sale. Ideally on CD, but I’d be OK with an iTunes purchase/download.

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Another one at Six Colors

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And another one at Six Colors:

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This letter from Marco Arment is only really triggered by the 50th anniversary, but it’s a good reminder to Apple of what the community believes.

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WSJ video about archival Apple materials:

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From David Pogue’s substack:

Including ‘The Pogue effect’ – we all call it something else

Also, see Jason Snell’s comment.

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Woah the Phillip Michaels piece, the leading photo has my Mac Project Leader from Ziff Davis Labs back in the day, sitting next to him! (I worked there after college, but the photo is I think almost 10 years later.) (Edit: oh she’s even mentioned at the end of the article, Kristina De Nike!)

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NY Times piece about Chris Espinosa, employee #8:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/apple-employee-50-years.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X1A.tTGw.5NixqbB_D5n8&smid=url-share

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Macworld started a series of the top 50 people who shaped Apple’s history (the final 10 will be added Friday, April 3). While their “ranking” can be debated, it is a nice reminder list of important people.

Also this list that includes 5 people who did not make it into the “top 50”.

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WSJ (de-paywalled link):

The Epic 50-Year Story of Apple, Told Through the WSJ Archive

See the headlines from decades of coverage that chronicle the evolution of an American icon.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-headlines-that-tell-the-50-year-saga-of-an-american-icon-9d5fca6d?st=ztBw24