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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (66 stories)
“Expose yourself to the best things humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you are doing.” -- Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs:  (66)
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Steve forbid us to work with Sony
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design,Management,Lisa
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.59)
The famous 1984 commercial almost got canceled
Date: September 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,The Launch
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.52)
Steve Jobs meets Donald Knuth
Date: September 1983
Author: Tom Zito
Topics: Personality,Inspiration
Comments:  4
Rating:  (4.44)
Steve gives the troops a pep talk
Date: September 1983
Author: Tom Zito
Topics: Apple Spirit,Management,Recruiting
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.04)
Steve estimates the effort that went into Quickdraw
Date: October 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Personality, Reality Distortion, QuickDraw
Comments:  3
Rating:  (4.17)
We feel betrayed by the unexpectedly high price
Date: October 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,Twiggy
Comments:  14
Rating:  (3.92)
Burrell modifies his sweatshirt
Date: October 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: T-Shirts,Personality
Comments:  3
Rating:  (4.0)
Steve confronts Bill Gates about copying the Mac
Date: November 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: 3rd party developers,Microsoft,Personality
Comments:  19
Rating:  (4.68)
We present a Mac to Mick Jagger
Date: January 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,Celebrities,The Launch
Comments:  5
Rating:  (4.0)
We need a demo for the intro
Date: January 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,The Launch,Software Design
Comments:  15
Rating:  (4.38)
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