Introduction to the Companion

Well, Then

Nice to see you again. Let me take you back to the day this supplemental document suddenly became necessary.

June 10, 2013! The morning that kicked off this year’s WWDC! I’d bought my ticket within the 71 seconds before all 5,000 of them sold out. I’d f lown from Seattle to San Francisco with some of my colleagues from the Omni Group, and we’d started making our pilgrimages to favorite local establishments like Sightglass Coffee. I’d lined up outside Moscone West and been herded into the huge hall where the keynote was about to begin.

The atmosphere was different this time. It was said that this would be the first year that the keynote would truly belong to the new leadership at Apple, when none of the ...

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