All Things D has posted video of Steve Jobs’s six appearances at the D conference to iTunes, including the legendary conversation with Bill Gates. What a nice way to remember Jobs.
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The palpable absence of Steve Jobs at D
Steven Levy reflects upon Steve’s absence at this year’s AllThingsD conference, the first without him since last October:
“After all, the D conference was the only non-Apple event where the late Apple CEO deigned to appear. He was on stage for six of the previous nine iterations, including a legendary co-appearance with Bill Gates in 2007. You can even argue that this is the conference that Steve built: A key reason that the then-unfamiliar contender for the hotly competitive conference dollar became a must-attend event was the announcement of Jobs’ presence….it seems that almost every session has some reminder of the man who isn’t here.”
I didn’t consider that D was the only non-Apple event that Jobs would regularly attend, but it’s true. With all respect to Tim Cook, I’ll say that Steve’s absence will be obvious for a long time.
Tim Cook speaking at D10
Tim Cook at the D conference
Apple CEO Tim Cook will kick off the D Conference this evening at 6 p.m. PT. There will be no live stream of the event, but Macworld’s Jason Snell will be live blogging the event. I’ll be tuned in.