Podcast 036 - Kevin Groves on Pirates of Silicon Valley

Cross Cutting Concerns Podcast

Kevin Groves talks about the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and the history of personal computing. Note: this is an extra large episode of Cross Cutting Concerns. This is a very broad, historical topic, so it could have easily gone a lot longer!

Show Notes:

• Pirates of Silicon Valley is available on Amazon
• The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics. We couldn't find the issue rummaging through the basement: it may have been destroyed by flooding a few years ago
• Xerox PARC's Alto
• To drive home the point about GUI software, check out this video on the history of widgets from 1990.
• Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs at Macworld 1999
• Obligatory Steve Ballmer clip
• Story from 1982 by Andy Hertzfeld about the interview with Steve Jobs depicted in the movie
• Steve Wozniak on the accuracy of Pirates of Silicon Valley
• Footage of Macworld 1997 in Boston, where Bill Gates appears on screen

I could add a million more links, but instead why don't you leave a comment with your favorite quote, clip, or story about the events that transpired in the movie?

Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical.

Theme music is "Crosscutting Concerns" by The Dirty Truckers, check out their music on Amazon or iTunes.