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Preparing for Project 4

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The hardest part so far about project 4 is actually picking a project.

I have decided to Remix the story of the keynote of the release of Mac OS X. This was Apple’s first step into the modern age of computing. If you look at images of mac os 9.2.2 and the next release of their operating system, 10.1, you will notice a MOUNTAIN of enhancements and changes. Now Mac OS X was first released in 2000, which was around the time Windows XP was being released. This was a time before social media, a time before Twitter, Facebook, and live-blogging events. This means the only real way to hear about the updates of this information was being at the keynote, waiting for apple to release their product on the website, or view it on one of the very few tech websites. Now when an apple event is happening, there are quite literally over 1000+ people present and almost ALL of them liveblog the event.

So, for my project 4, I am going to liveblog the release of Mac OS X from the perspective of both a tech person in the crowd, and Apple’s VP at the time, Tim Cook!

Here are a few links to sources that I will use to help work on the project: