Fifty Years of Apple
April 1, 2026
I love reading the personal anecdotes that have been written in light of Apple’s 50th anniversary today — like this one from Parker Ortolani. Adding to the pile, I wrote this on Bluesky:
I’ll never forget when, as a kid, our PC at home died – and I persuaded my parents to get a Mac mini. At the time, I had no idea that would set the trajectory for my career in software / lifelong interest in the Mac.
A few others I enjoyed:
Apple also updated their homepage for the occasion. For safekeeping, I've copied the background video on the homepage here, and the "rewind" video here.