Steve Jobs At Home In 1982

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0712/y_walker08.html

by raju • 15 years ago

292 21 15 years ago

I'm so glad to have seen this picture. This picture, more than any of Steve's great speeches, accomplishments, or products, makes me feel that we are in some way kindred spirits. I have spent countless nights enjoying a very similar living situation while starting tech businesses over the past decade. With absolutely no arrogance or pretense, I will say that although I am saddened to see Steve pass, I am heartened to know that the visionary spirit and drive lives on in me and in many others.

enduser• 15 years ago

Be sure to notice the enormous speakers hiding in the background.

abstractwater• 15 years ago

Indeed. Enormous, yet almost invisible.

jcampbell1• 15 years ago

Those are electrostatic speakers. They are only about 2 inches thick. I think they are acoustat model 3. Probably cost $1000 in 1985. The man clearly liked his music... and not cats, as those speakers were known for electrocuting cats.

antimora• 15 years ago

Thanks for pointing out. I found an image for those speakers (Acoustat Model 3 Medallion).

Image: http://usr.audioasylum.com/images/y2011/02/45177/TT_032.jpg

pork• 15 years ago

Possibly the last hippy that took his LSD experiences and actually changed the world.

lurch00• 15 years ago

PCR machine?

pheaduch• 15 years ago

Possibly contrived but sums everything nicely.

dcurtis• 15 years ago

I have been looking for a higher resolution version of this photo forever. Anyone have one?

morrow• 15 years ago

Didn't see any larger ones online, but it looks to be from this book of portraits: http://www.amazon.com/Bigger-Picture-Thirty-Years-Portraits/...

srean• 15 years ago

Quite surprised by this unexpected commonality.

I am by no means minimalist, or spartan, in fact unimpeded space does not come cheap. I value empty space a lot, and believe that if something takes up space it should enrich me.

A thin mattress on the floor works just fine, and actually feels kinder to my back than a bed. I like my speakers on the floor or raised a couple of inches above it. That way I can sleep between them, that is usually when they sound the best.

donw• 15 years ago

I'm the same way; unfortunately, my fiancee is very much not, and it's a continuous source of friction between the two of us.

One of my favorite feelings in the world is an empty room, because it's as empty of objects as it is full of possibility.

sliverstorm• 15 years ago

As an adherent to minimalisim, I agree- to an extent. I find living long-term in a room that feels barren makes life, feel lifeless, and it becomes difficult to maintain vigor and zest.

I suspect it's a big part of why monks are always so somber. But if I need help with anything, it is being alive- I have enough somber in me for a whole monastary.

dorian-graph• 15 years ago

People often enter my room and say "Man, it's really well organised and simple in here" and I immediately "Yeah, but I wish I could get rid of even more stuff.."

I love this photo.

I spent a while living in a near empty apartment in the Philippines with a mattress on the floor and a small stand next to it, a basic cupboard with clothes, a study desk and a few things in a suitcase. The apartment was near the beach and every night had a cool, sea-breeze roll in... I miss it.

artursapek• 15 years ago

The design of his apartment in this is very much like the design of everything Apple ships. What a cohesive life this man led.

dotpot• 15 years ago

very good photo ! Is there any way to get this in better quality ?

juretriglav• 15 years ago

I found one today among Diana Walker's favorite photos.

Here's the link: http://timethemoment.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/11101713001...

Steko• 15 years ago

Not mentioned in other comments but I think I recall the lamp was from Tiffany.

netnichols• 15 years ago

He must have hated that cord between the lamp and the wall. On the other hand it does somehow emphasize the emptiness of the room.

jpitz• 15 years ago

This was returning an empty document for me, but http://digitaljournalist.org.nyud.net/issue0712/y_walker08.h... works.

Dejital• 15 years ago

Reminds me very much of the scene from film Stop Making Sense of David Byrne singing and dancing with a lamp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqg_ZGcuybs

Steve Jobs At Home In 1982

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