Steve Jobs has the art of the keynote down. Part Silicon Valley, part Hollywood, he’s able to enthrall audiences not just with desirable products, but with the right market timing, anticipation building, mood setting, even the stage lighting. Impressive stuff.
Here’s a collection of his product launch keynotes, in case you ever need some inspiration.
1984: The Macintosh
1998: The iMac
1999: The iBook
2001: The iPod
2004: The iPod Mini
2006: The MacBook
2007: The iPhone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uW-E496FXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vququ7x8gnw
2007: The iPod Nano
2008: The MacBook Air
2010: The iPad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kplxBc2iw8M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjPyNXrZCNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMSFdqsHWU
The full keynote is broken up into 10 parts. It’s a bit much to embed all 10 parts here, but if you want to view them, you can see them on YouTube: part4, part5, part6, part7, part8, part9, & part10.
2011: The iPad 2
