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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)


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Larry Kenyon(11 stories)
Desk Ornaments
A brief history of desk accessories
Date: October 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,User Interface,Personality
Comments: 13
Rating:  (4.41)

The Grand Unified Model (1) - Resources
The creation of resources
Date: December 1981
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Software Design,Origins,Technical,User Interface
Comments: 7
Rating:  (4.15)

The Grand Unified Model (2) - The Finder
The evolution of the Finder
Date: January 1983
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Software Design
Comments: 11
Rating:  (4.58)

Too Big For My Britches
My belated performance review is delivered verbally
Date: February 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality Clashes
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.66)

Quick, Hide In This Closet!
Steve forbid us to work with Sony
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Management, Lisa
Comments: 6
Rating:  (4.75)

Saving Lives
Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Inspiration
Comments: 4
Rating:  (3.90)

Cut, Paste and Crash
We uncover a particularly bad bug shortly after ROM freeze
Date: September 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Technical, Software Design,Bugs
Comments: 5
Rating:  (4.33)

We're Not Hackers!
We were always dealing with memory limitations
Date: September 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Technical,Personality
Comments: 4
Rating:  (3.93)

MacPaint Gallery
A gallery of Susan Kare's MacPaint art from 1983
Date: October 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Social Life,Testing,MacPaint,Marketing
Comments: 7
Rating:  (4.44)

Steve Capps Day
We all dress up in honor of Steve Capps
Date: December 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Personality,Apple Spirit
Comments: 1
Rating:  (4.06)

Font Manager Redux
I continued to work on the Font Manager even after I left Apple
Date: March 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Technical,Personality,Allnighters,QuickDraw
Comments: 1
Rating:  (4.14)


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