Believe it or not, it’s been nearly a decade since The Cult of Mac got published. The book, by our fearless leader Leander Kahney, took readers on a deep dive into the world of Apple fanatics around the world. It introduced us to the creative and talented tribe of individuals devoted to Macs, iPods and all things dreamed up in Cupertino.
Now that seminal work about Apple devotees is ready for an update. As he gets ready to embark on a year of fresh reporting before writing the next chapter in Cult of Mac history, he’s revisiting the original text. And having a laugh, as you’ll see in this week’s edition of Kahney’s Corner.
In the new Kahney’s Korner video below, Leander recounts a few of the crazy and fascinating stories about Apple aficionados from his first book — stories that even he had forgotten.
Shameless self-promotion: The stories in Cult of Mac set the stage for Leander’s later books, The Cult of iPod, Inside Steve’s Brain and Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products.
Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and author of our weekly newsletter, The Weekender.
He’s a San Francisco-based writer and editor specializing in technology and culture. He loves his iPhone, hates Siri, and appreciates any hardware that combines form and function.
Prior to Cult of Mac, he juggled words and ideas as culture editor at Wired.com, homepage editor at TechTV, news product manager at NBCi, copy editor at PC World, reporter at The (Hayward) Daily Review and editor in chief of EveryBody’s News in Cincinnati.
He earned a bachelor of general studies degree with a journalism certificate from the University of Cincinnati. While in school, he worked as the entertainment editor of The News Record and as editor in chief of Clifton Magazine.
He’s also a bass player, who’s recorded and performed around the United States with Those Darn Accordions, The Electric Boogie Dawgz and The Mad Maggies. When not writing, editing or laying down bass lines, he plays darts and serves on the board of the San Francisco Darts League.
3 responses to “Kahney’s Korner: Are you ready for Cult of Mac version 2?”
Could you make an episode de Kahney’s Korner about the MacBook (2015)? Since he had it some time now it would be interesting if he would share his opinion.
Great news! Can’t wait for This :)
You should add Mike Evangelist to your profiles. He’s been in the Apple ecosystem since about 1984. He joined Apple when they acquired Astarte’s DVDirector and became the product manager for iDVD and Final Cut Pro. Joined Steve in a keynote to roll out iDVD. Just sayin’.