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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (39 stories)
“He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.” -- Pablo Picasso
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Software Design:  (39)
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We almost lose Bill in a car accident
Date: April 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,QuickDraw,Personality
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.37)
Bob has written many lines of code
Date: April 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Management
Comments:  3
Rating:  (4.16)
Developer documentation was crucial to our success.
Date: June 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Documentation,Software Design,Lisa
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.43)
User testing sometimes has surprising results
Date: June 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: User Interface,Software Design,Lisa
Comments:  8
Rating:  (4.66)
The Macintosh's first great game
Date: June 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Games,Lisa,Marketing
Comments:  17
Rating:  (4.5)
Bob gives Bruce thirty days to finish the Resource Manager
Date: August 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Management
Comments:  3
Rating:  (4.11)
How the boot sound evolved
Date: September 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Technical, Personality
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.35)
The evolution of the Finder
Date: January 1983
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Software Design
Comments:  11
Rating:  (4.58)
We cook up a special demo for John Sculley
Date: March 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Recruiting, Early Programs
Comments:  10
Rating:  (3.75)
Bill decides to leave out a very impressive feature
Date: June 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: MacPaint,Software Design,QuickDraw,Technical,Lisa
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.61)
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