If Shiller’s keynote shows anything, I think, it demonstrates in a small way the long-term impact of Jobs. I recently watched an old neXTSTEP presentation of Jobs that showcased all his good presentation skills against a simple whiteboard. The imprint of those skills can be found in Keynote (the app), in Apple keynotes, in the Apple Store and the App Store. It’s now a part of Apple’s DNA.

The main difference I noted is that Phil was less polished than Steve is and had some “trouth-mubble” from time to time. Steve is noted for going over his presentations again and again, rehearsing them in front of a mirror, and also with the projector, which is highly recommended by presentation experts but which most people almost never do apparently.

Needless to say, Phil had excellent reasons fro being extremely nervous and it looked like that might be the whole explanations for whatever minor problems he had. He’ll do better next time also.