It's been two years since the passing of Steve Jobs. If there's one thing to read today in memorial, it's this piece. A recount of the preparation behind the introduction of one of the most influential devices of our lifetime from senior engineer, Andy Grignon.

By the end, Grignon wasn’t just relieved; he was drunk. He’d brought a flask of Scotch to calm his nerves. “And so there we were in the fifth row or something — engineers, managers, all of us — doing shots of Scotch after every segment of the demo. There were about five or six of us, and after each piece of the demo, the person who was responsible for that portion did a shot. When the finale came — and it worked along with everything before it, we all just drained the flask. It was the best demo any of us had ever seen. And the rest of the day turned out to be just a [expletive] for the entire iPhone team. We just spent the entire rest of the day drinking in the city. It was just a mess, but it was great.”

http://youtu.be/t4OEsI0Sc_s

via NYTimes