Steve Jobs early TV appearance.mov
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN shares it as an amusing glimpse of Jobs before he was polished on camera.
What it is
A short clip of a young Steve Jobs preparing for an early TV appearance, amazed to see himself on a nearby monitor. It includes the moment when a large white earpiece is put in his ear.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2011 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Cites mayank · 2011-02 · on “Video: 24 year-old Steve Jobs prepping for his first TV appearance (1978)”
The part where they put a giant white earbud in his ear is priceless, especially when he looks somewhat suspiciously at it. EDIT: direct link: [this video]
Cites nostromo · 2012-03 · on “Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute”
> I wondered if he was a little nervous, but that didn’t seem likely for someone in his position. All sorts of people can get nervous speaking in public, including people that are thought of as being 'natural' public speakers like Steve Jobs ( [this video] ) and Sam Harris ( [LINK] ), as well as billionaires ( [LINK] ) and CEOs ( [LINK] ).
Cites Udo_Schmitz · 2017-05 · on “Nightline Interview with Steve Jobs (1981) [video]”
The Interview that starts at 5:50 seems to be the one where this pre-show clip is from: [this video] CNN dates that video to 1978 though: [LINK]