https://cabel.com/2024/05/16/the-forged-apple-employee-badge/
"Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an
incredible piece of Apple history! Sure, it’s not Steve Jobs’ badge (despite
the auction title), but there are only so many of these in the world —
especially from one of the first ten employees.
I persistently pored through the provided pictures.
At first, it looked good. The plastic was scuffed with age, the tape on the map
was yellowed, the logo was (mostly) correct, and Sherry Livingston really was
Employee #10.
But it also felt a little off. The scuffing looked… sandpapery. The splotches
on the map felt overcooked. And I couldn’t stop looking at the “typewritten”
part…
This badge would’ve been (obviously!) made before desktop publishing. A badge
template would’ve been printed by a local printing company, then fed into a
typewriter to type the individual employee details. And that typed text is
suspiciously uniform."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
