Steve Jobs The Lost Interview
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited for first-person Jobs remarks, such as nobody knowing the market in the early days, and for dating the footage.
What it is
A roughly 72-minute interview with Steve Jobs, believed to come from the 1995 interviews made for the Triumph of the Nerds documentary. He reflects on Apple and the early computer industry.
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What Hacker News said
Cites Jugurtha · 2021-03 · on “Steve Jobs Interview in 1981 [video]”
Here's another instance, refining the delivery of "a bicycle for the human mind": [LINK] . It is a "performance art", like a stand-up comic, an actor, a politician, a presentation, or a congressional hearing. Some people do not want to rehearse as they feel it "empties them". He was known to meticulously practice the delivery of keynotes so he could hit things on time, as if it were a play, if I recall correctly. You can see that there's a good part of storytelling. If you watch Elon Musk videos, there often is repetition on the three things he focused on in college: the internet, multi-planetary life, and sustainable energy. In more recent videos, the narrative has shifted to five things he
Cites rvense · 2022-03 · on “Low process culture, high process culture”
> no date I think this is from an interview made for the documentary Triumph of the Nerds, so 1995. [this video]
Cites Joel_Mckay · 2026-05 · on “I Recreated the Apple Lisa Computer Inside an FPGA – The LisaFPGA Project”
>No one knew the market at the time. From Jobs himself: [this video] $10k for a home computer enthusiast is still a big ask in modern markets. Have a great day. =3