Steve Jobs = Perfect?
I was watching some old videos, and I watched one where Bill Gates was showing how Windows 98 worked and another where Gates was trying to show off the capabilites of some new MS hardware. In both videos, things messed up badly. It got me to thinking, are there any instances when Steve Jobs was showing off some new hardware or software at an event/expo and things just didn't work? Just wondering, that's all.
As for MWSF, where can we watch Steve's Keynote speech? will it be on apple's website after a few hours?
As for MWSF, where can we watch Steve's Keynote speech? will it be on apple's website after a few hours?
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Steve, in his mastery (and surrounded by his Reality Distortion Field) managed to improv quite well until the camera returned.
Originally posted by Jwink3101
I think there was an issue during some WWDC. I do not remember which year though. What happened was the computer froze. He said something to the extent of "well, thats why we have backups" and hit a button. It was fast and painless
It was when he announced the transition to Intel?. And I believe that the button he hit was to swith to an other PowerMac running on an Intel? chip.
My guess is that he has at least one more computer that it being kept at the exact same slide in order for a quick switch.
When i do presentations i always have CD backup of the file as well as a PDF version so i can do it no matter what just with less sparkle. Of course, by Murphy's laws, a lot less should happen to my presentation in front of 30 fellow peers not that crowd Steve is accustomed to.
I would be willing to bet that steve (and any other Apple presenter) does dry runthroughs in their offices in the days leading up to the event, and technitions run through all demos several times to enshure it works, as do the presenters so they feel totaly comfortble with it on stage.
I would also be willing to bet that Marketing and Legal teams look at/help with the slideshow, and I would be shocked if there wasnt a "dress rehersal" or two...
And after last years WWDC, photo slideshow lockup, we all learned thatthere are always at least 2 demo-ready boxes KVMed in to the show just in case.
Originally posted by b3nj
It was when he announced the transition to Intel?. And I believe that the button he hit was to swith to an other PowerMac running on an Intel? chip.
NO! this was while he was displaying Tiger and it froze. More specificly the Mail Photo Attachment veiw.
Originally posted by Jwink3101
Well, with the intel switch, Steve didn't know for sure they were doing it until only a few days before.
My guess is that he has at least one more computer that it being kept at the exact same slide in order for a quick switch.
When i do presentations i always have CD backup of the file as well as a PDF version so i can do it no matter what just with less sparkle. Of course, by Murphy's laws, a lot less should happen to my presentation in front of 30 fellow peers not that crowd Steve is accustomed to.
NO! It was IBM that didn't know for sure. Apple knew for sure much ahead of WWDC.
Heck, Apple prides itself on having its products "just work."
Originally posted by icfireball
NO! this was while he was displaying Tiger and it froze. More specificly the Mail Photo Attachment veiw.
hmmm... you're right... but... it was the WWDC keynote whem he announced the swith to Intel...? wasn't it?
Originally posted by Jwink3101
No, It was the year before. Thinking back, I was wrong about the year. It rings a bell that it was during the slideshow part of mail
huh?
i did recall it was during a presentation of iPhoto.. or before iPhoto.. and if I remembered it correctly.. it was a something with a sunset on a tropical island.
I hope that helps
Originally posted by b3nj
huh?
i did recall it was during a presentation of iPhoto.. or before iPhoto.. and if I remembered it correctly.. it was a something with a sunset on a tropical island.
I should have been more specific. I was saying that it was a year back from my original thought.
Regardless, Steve did have a screw-up but he fixed it smoothly
MWSF 2005. You can see it on the QT video from the Apple website. It occurs around the 12 min, 5 sec mark.
Hehehe, at least Apple had the excuse that Tiger was not officially released.
http://homepage.mac.com/lorna/.Movies/mac-crash.mov
I like how at the end of the video, Steve puts his hands together and holds them to his mouth and thinks for a few seconds.
I wonder what he was thinking about? Perhaps who he should fire?
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