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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh computer, and the people who created it. (119 stories)
Jef was Apple employee #31, hired in January 1978 to start up the publications department. He created the initial Macintosh vision of an easy to use appliance computer, and hired the initial development that made it happen. Jef could not abide Steve Jobs taking over the project, so he left the team by mid-1981, and the company by early 1982. He later created the Canon Cat computer, and published a best selling book about user interface.

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Jef Raskin(17 stories)
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We'll See About That
Burrell proves his mettle with the 80k language card.
Date: November 1979
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Technical,Apple II
Comments: 6
Rating:  (4.16)

Scrooge McDuck
The very first image on the very first Macintosh
Date: February 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Hardware Design, Prototypes
Comments: 11
Rating:  (4.57)

Good Earth
The original Mac team's original office
Date: October 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Apple Spirit, Origins, Management, Buildings
Comments: 7
Rating:  (3.75)

I Invented Burrell
Burrell imitates Jef
Date: 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Personality
Comments: 7
Rating:  (4.63)

Texaco Towers
The office where the Mac became real
Date: January 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Lisa,Buildings
Comments: 6
Rating:  (3.50)

Black Wednesday
A shakeup in Apple II engineering frees me up to work on the Macintosh
Date: February 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Apple II, Management,Recruiting
Comments: 5
Rating:  (4.87)

More Like A Porsche
The design of the Macintosh case
Date: March 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Industrial Design,Hardware,Prototypes
Comments: 9
Rating:  (4.35)

Bicycle
Rod wants to change the name of the project
Date: April 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Apple Spirit
Comments: 11
Rating:  (3.58)

A Message For Adam
We encounter Adam Osborne at the West Coast Computer Faire
Date: April 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Personality,Personality Clashes
Comments: 4
Rating:  (4.67)

Diagnostic Port
Burrell tried to sneak in some hardware expandability
Date: July 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Management
Comments: 11
Rating:  (4.35)

Signing Party
The artists sign their work
Date: February 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Apple Spirit,Industrial Design
Comments: 12
Rating:  (4.36)

Invasion of Texaco Towers
A double standard for secrecy
Date: June 1982
Author: Jerry Manock
Topics: Celebrities,Industrial Design,Social Life
Comments: 1
Rating:  (3.72)

The Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs was almost 1982's Man of the Year
Date: December 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: The Press,Personality
Rating:  (4.27)

Spoiled?
The Mac team had a reputation for being spoiled
Date: April 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Buildings
Comments: 4
Rating:  (3.80)

Five Different Macintoshes
Burrell actually designed 5 different Macintoshes
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Technical,Prototypes
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.29)

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