When Joni Mitchell heard the great cabaret artist Mabel Mercer in concert, she was so struck by the older woman’s rendition of “Both Sides Now,” the enduring ballad Mitchell wrote at the te...
In 1994—the year Apple co-founder Steve Jobs filmed an interview with The Silicon Valley Historical Association in which he encouraged people to go for what they want by enlisting others’ ass...
Asking whether there will ever be another Steve Jobs seems to me like asking whether there’ll ever be another Muhammad Ali. While there may be little comparison between their respective domains...
https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/a-young-steve-jobs-teaches-a-class-at-mit-1992.html
Archive.org is on a bit of a roll lately. After recently making available 25,000+ digitized 78rpm records from the early 20th century, they’ve turned around and put online Apple Hypercard softw...
What’s director Michel Gondry up to these days? Apparently, trying to show that you can do smart things–like make serious movies–with that smartphone in your pocket. The director of Eterna...
https://www.openculture.com/2017/07/michel-gondry-makes-a-charming-short-film-on-his-iphone.html
What if minimalist composer Steve Reich got his hands on the iPhone’s familiar Marimba ringtone? That’s what the website Steve Reich is Calling imagines. Here’s how Jason Kottke describes...
https://www.openculture.com/2017/03/steve-reich-is-calling-a-minimalist-ringtone-for-the-iphone.html
Whenever Apple releases a new version of iOS, Stanford University eventually releases a course telling you how to develop apps in that environment. iOS 10 came out last fall, and now the iOS 10...
If you’re like me, every little bit of information doled out for the upcoming third season of Twin Peaks is like a series of clues found along a dark path through the Ghostwood National Forest....
https://www.openculture.com/2017/01/ourney-through-twin-peaks.html
It’s always demoralizing when a favorite song—Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” or the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” come to mind—is co-opted to sell soda or Caribbean cruises. Poetry,...
Apple had lots of big announcements today — a new watch, a new iPhone, and payment system. But wait, there’s more! On its big day, Apple also announced that anyone with an iTunes account can ...
FYI: Apple officially released iOS7, the latest operating system for the iPhone and iPad, on September 18. Almost simultaneously, Stanford began offering a course teaching students how to desig...
https://www.openculture.com/2013/11/developing-ios-7-apps-for-iphone-and-ipad.html
In early 1990 Steve Jobs granted a very rare interview to the makers of a PBS NOVA miniseries called The Machine that Changed the World. The producers of the series had a tough time getting Job...
Introducing a new YouTube Channel that gives you every Apple ad ever aired on TV — 485 ads, in total. You can start with the iconic ones — the 1984 Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley ...
https://www.openculture.com/2012/12/watch_every_apple_television_ad_ever_aired_.html
This week, Microsoft rolled out its new tablet, simply called Surface, which gives you another way to enjoy our courses, movies, ebooks, audio books and the rest. In many ways, Surface resemble...
https://www.openculture.com/2012/06/microsoft_rolls_out_its_new_tablet_in_fine_apple_style.html
Last year, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto staged an exhibit of David Hockney’s playful drawings produced with/for the iPhone and iPad. Hockney became an early adopter of Apple’s po...