Computer History Museum | CHM Live | Happy 40th Birthday Lisa! @ComputerHistory | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
[Recorded January 31, 2023]
Without the Lisa, there would be no Mac, and no iPhone.
Apple’s innovative Lisa computer transformed how people interact with computers—from arcane text-based interfaces to the modern graphical user interface ubiquitous today.
How did the Lisa change the world and yet ultimately become a commercial failure? How was this computer important for the story of Steve Jobs and Apple? What lessons can we learn from the Lisa about leadership and luck, risk, and rewards?
On the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa, join CHM as we explore these issues and more.
What You’ll Experience
-Hear insider stories of the Lisa and Apple’s early days with Steve Jobs from key members of the original hardware, software, design, sales, and management teams, including Bill Atkinson (via video recording), John Couch (via video recording), Bruce Daniels, Dan'l Lewin, Wayne Rosing, and Annette Wagner.
-Learn from expert commentary by journalist Steven Levy on business and technology lessons gleaned from the Lisa, and its ongoing impact, in conversation with New York Times contributor Katie Hafner.
-See an original Lisa and a demonstration of a working Lisa.
-Plus "one more thing": special remarks by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (via video recording).
Catalog Number: 102792810
Acquisition Number: 2023.0013
[Recorded January 31, 2023]
Without the Lisa, there would be no Mac, and no iPhone.
Apple’s innovative Lisa computer transformed how people interact with computers—from arcane text-based interfaces to the modern graphical user interface ubiquitous today.
How did the Lisa change the world and yet ultimately become a commercial failure? How was this computer important for the story of Steve Jobs and Apple? What lessons can we learn from the Lisa about leadership and luck, risk, and rewards?
On the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa, join CHM as we explore these issues and more.
What You’ll Experience
-Hear insider stories of the Lisa and Apple’s early days with Steve Jobs from key members of the original hardware, software, design, sales, and management teams, including Bill Atkinson (via video recording), John Couch (via video recording), Bruce Daniels, Dan'l Lewin, Wayne Rosing, and Annette Wagner.
-Learn from expert commentary by journalist Steven Levy on business and technology lessons gleaned from the Lisa, and its ongoing impact, in conversation with New York Times contributor Katie Hafner.
-See an original Lisa and a demonstration of a working Lisa.
-Plus "one more thing": special remarks by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (via video recording).
Catalog Number: 102792810
Acquisition Number: 2023.0013
