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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (26 stories)
“When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” -- R. Buckminster Fuller
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Management:  (26)
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The final push to finish the software
Date: January 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Software Design, Allnighters
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.29)
The Mac team had a reputation for being spoiled
Date: April 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Buildings
Comments:  4
Rating:  (3.9)
Burrell quits Apple, but fails to live up to his threat
Date: February 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Quitting
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.4)
The Mac division undergoes an inconceivable reorganization
Date: May 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality,Personality Clashes,Quitting
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.56)
The sad story of MacBasic
Date: June 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Management
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.27)
The attitudes and values of the team forged the spirit of the Macintosh
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Apple Spirit,,Inspiration,Management,Personality,Origins,Reality Distortion
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.47)
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