false 5558 10 <B>The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time.</B><BR><BR>Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use.<BR><BR>Wozniak's life&#151;before and after Apple&#151;is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, <I>iWoz</I> presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution. 16 pages of illustrations. 2351530 25 9 2006 iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It total:367|5:54|4:136|3:122|2:42|1:13| 367 1277 577 73 1 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 09:39:14 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 09:24:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 12 18:17:56 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 18:17:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Sep 12 18:08:31 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 08:04:43 -0700 2007
So I pre-ordered iWoz as soon as I heard about it and couldn't wait for the Amazon box...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jan 25 21:18:25 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:19:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:54:29 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:03:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:21:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:26:54 -0700 2009
It recounts the sometimes serendipity of innovation and invention, but also too some of the genius that obviously was part of both Steve's. Woz co...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 21:33:52 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 21:42:37 -0700 2009
Especially when talking about his childhood, Wozniak comes off arrogant, and throughout it, it's hard not to wince at his naive outloo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 18:20:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:09:18 -0800 2008
However, Woz, despite his genius with electronics, is not a writer. Nor, apparently, is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 18:54:55 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:46:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 17:24:09 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 10:12:41 -0800 2008
If so, then read this delightful book, aut...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 10 09:01:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 09:07:24 -0700 2009 Incidentally, this story also puts to rest any notion t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 16:40:06 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:02:28 -0700 2008 Once
Steve's (and possibl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:04:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:08:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 20:21:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 20:28:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 15:56:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:04:00 -0700 2009 Negative points: The writing is bad, really quite bad. It is written as if Woz was just speaking his memories into a recorder and that recording was transcribed. Also, IWoz...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 09:20:05 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:22:50 -0700 2009 I love you. You clearly have some behavioral disorder, possibly on the autism spectrum, but I still love you. Thank you for co-creating the Apple I and subsequent products.

Love,
Sadie.
P.S. The Segway is pretty stupid.

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