Much will be written about #Apple and its history. Most of it will be BS which does not align with reality. For those of us who were there at the beginning and have remained on board, it has been quite the ride. #FiftyYearsAfter
https://apnews.com/article/apple-50-years-anniversary-computer-iphone-b462b82f1e202f28a75ab1a8070c00b7
Apple's 50-year transformation into a cultural and technology powerhouse
A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off. The improbable odyssey began April 1, 1976 when a then-shaggy Steve Jobs and his gadget-tinkering friend Steve Wozniak signed the partnership papers that created Apple Computer Co. What happened next has become ingrained in the cultural zeitgeist. The Associated Press looks back Apple's peaks and valleys during a journey that thrust the company to the brink of bankruptcy before its exiled co-founder Steve Jobs came back to build an empire.
Only those who were there in the beginning fully understand the many (and necessary)
#transformations that
#Apple has undergone in its short 50-years so far. Suffice it to say there will be an equal number (if not more) over the next 50. It’s been a joy to participate in.
#FiftyYearsAfter.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/50-years-apple-epic-hits-and-misses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apple’s epic hits – and misses
Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops
All these places were funky as all get-out, but people packed them. I did a lot of remote recordings & broadcasts from these joints and can still remember how bad they smelled.
#FiftyYearsAfter and then some.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/26/cbgb-club-history-omfug-new-york-city-soundtrack-blondie-bowie-iggy-ramones-patti?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Half a century ago, the famed New York venue run by a former marine and folk singer was ground zero for the punk and new wave scenes. Now the bands who played there are being celebrated on a 101-track box set
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