{"id":53651,"date":"2026-10-26T15:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53651"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:17:45","slug":"ipod-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/26\/ipod-at-25\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple today marks 25 years since the introduction<\/a> of the original iPod, one of the company’s most significant products and a major contributor to its expansion beyond the Mac.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tony Fadell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A small team. An unforgiving deadline. We had months to bring the hardware, software, and music experience together. Proud of what we built and that it means so much to people still today. A device that has been woven in many ways into our lives. People have filled their iPods with road trips, breakups, workouts, special occasions with family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Apple Music has a 404 page easter egg on the web: a functional iPod that appears when you load a page that does not exist, such as music.apple.com\/macrumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This looks enough like my own iPod library circa twenty years ago that it threw me a little. I hope this is not appearing solely for the occasion of the iPod’s anniversary. It is a nice surprise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n