Some of Steve Jobs' best interviews were on the All Things D stage. Starting in 2003, the iconic Apple co-founder and former CEO sat with the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for six interviews, over 10 years, at the annual southern California tech and business event.
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Now all of those interviews are being made available as free downloads on iTunes.
The new download option (you can find many, but not all, of these clips as online streaming video), was announced during a special Steve Jobs tribute panel called "The Lessons of Steve Jobs." The panel featured two of the Apple founders' long-time friends Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Dr. Ed Catmull, President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. The result of a collaborative effort between Apple and All Things D, this content will be offered in video and audio-only form.
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Jobs, who died after a long battle with cancer in October, was funny, outrageous, sometimes combative and often playful in these chats. During a now-famous interview with longtime friend and rival Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates, Jobs joked that they had been keeping their marriage a secret for 10 years.
Unlike Jobs' carefully scripted product rollouts at Apple’s headquarters and in San Francisco, during these talks, Jobs had to contend with Swisher and Mossberg, who could react and sometimes ask tough questions. He also occasionally used it as a platform to introduce products (Airport) or offer a brief sneak peek (a flash of the first iPhone).
Overall they’re a treasure-trove of priceless moments and now everyone can watch them at their leisure. Will you download them all and have a Steve Jobs film fest or create a Steve Jobs interview playlist for your iPod? Let us know in the comments.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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