14: Digital Hub (Part 2, Origin of the iPod)

Guiding Apple through its comeback, Steve Jobs comes up with a clever strategy to make the Mac the center of everyone's digital life. The problem is, he's failed to integrate music into the mix--and Apple will have to scramble to catch up.

This episode of Designed in California is sponsored by:

• Radley House: From problem to product.

Links and Show Notes:

Presented by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

Written by Jason Snell. Script development by Kelly Turner.

Thanks to Scott Knaster, Stephen Hackett, Matt Rollefson, Adam C. Engst, Jim Hunkins, John Buck, Harry McCracken, and members of the iPod team for script assistance.

Extra special thanks to Hansen Hsu and everyone else at the Computer History Museum.

Audio editing by Myke Hurley and Jim Metzendorf. Video production by Jamie Snell.

Designed in California theme by Christopher Breen.

References/Further Reading:

• The Perfect Thing by Steven Levy
• Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• Apple In China by Patrick McGee
• Build by Tony Fadell
• iCon: Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young
• Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
• John Rubinstein Oral History at The Computer History Museum
• Regis McKenna Oral History at The Computer History Museum

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