Comment by shlip

18 hours ago

> It's the design mock up from the final presentation to Motorola for the iRadio (name later changed to Envoy).

> The head of frogdesign, Hartmut Esslinger met Spielberg on a plane and showed him this mockup. Steven asked if it could be used as a prop in the film, and Hartmut gave it to him.

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cbdevidal  18 hours ago

It’s mind-blowing to me that the actual guy who designed it chimed in. Assuming it’s not a fake comment, what are the odds!?

  • eterm  18 hours ago

    Much greater than now, given the open discoverability of the original post here, versus the walled-off content we have today, locked away in discord servers and the like.

    Furthermore, the act of replying to that post will have bumped it right back to the top for everyone to see.

    • kasperset  11 hours ago

      I agree with this. We are much missing these forums with civil replies and clouded behind "influencer" culture, which is optimized for incentives. Pure discussions as in this example are such a stalwarts of open web.

      On the other hand, small websites and forums can disappear but that openness allows platform like archive.org to capture and "fossilize" them.

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  • abanana  16 hours ago

    That's why I like HN, it seems to happen a lot here! Mention a piece of hardware or software, even something obscure from years ago, and half an hour later you've had an answer to your question from the designer or the CEO.

    • gopher_space  11 hours ago

      Me too. I'm just afraid that it's because there are shrinking pools of rationality on the internet. They're here for the same reason you are; HN doesn't suck nearly as much as the alternatives.

  • sdrothrock  2 hours ago

    Pretty high on the RPF, actually! Especially in the early days, a lot of film, prop, and design industry professionals would congregate there and exchange information or big shop folklore. It was a pretty cool place (not saying it hasn't continued to be one, but I haven't been a regular in probably 20 years).

jansan  16 hours ago

Wow, Motorola had an iRadio before Apple released their first iPhone? I did not know that.