Steve Jobs on The Logo: I Can't Stop Smiling

Stanford press event on organ donation registration · March 19, 2010
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What Jobs talks about

This very short recording captures Steve Jobs in a light, joking mood at Stanford. He mentions coming in “by a fluke” and talks briefly about a logo before ending with a smile.

Because the transcript is fragmentary, the page should stay tightly focused on the few audible lines. The value here is less in topic depth than in preserving a small, human moment from Jobs.

Jobs speaks briefly; no other speaker is clearly audible in the transcript.

In his words

“And then I just came in here by a fluke.”
“Nobody could tell us. Well, it's the logo.”
“Oh, yeah. Thank you.”
“That was cool.”
“I can't stop smiling.”

Key points

  • He says he came in “by a fluke.”
  • He refers to a logo and reacts to it.
  • He thanks someone and says, “That was cool.”
  • He closes with, “I can't stop smiling.”

Full transcript

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. . . . And then I just came in here by a fluke.

Nobody could tell us. Well, it's the logo. What is it? I got to tell you. Oh, yeah. Thank you. That was cool. All right. I can't stop smiling.

Transcribed from the audio with OpenAI Whisper. Timestamps link to the video above. Errors are possible.