Cringely’s Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

In 1995, Robert X. Cringely interviewed Steve Jobs for his documentary Triumph of the Nerds (Amazon). This was a time between the first Jobs era at Apple, which ended with him getting tossed out of the company, and the second era, which saw him rescue the company from oblivion and steer it toward becoming the world’s most successful. At the time, he was CEO of NeXT and Pixar, so it was an interesting point in his career. The interview was thought lost, but was recovered and is presented in full. The result is Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (iTunes in the USA).

Don’t expect fancy. This is pretty much the raw footage shown in full. But it is Jobs being Jobs before he became the Jobs he became. Fascinating for those who like this kind of thing (which I do).

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