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Woz talks to developers at Intel Developer Forum
Steve "Woz" Wozniak is often considered the "God" of Apple. He was the designer of the first ever Apple computers (Apple / & Apple //). At a recent developer forum at Intel, Woz gave a bit of advice to the engineers. He told them that, "the right way of going through life" is pursuing a vision without compromise. "If you have technical ideas, if you know what you're good at, and you know what you're doing is right ... you have to shut them out," Woz said, in reference to others telling you how to do something.
According to InformationWeek, Woz went on to discuss other topics. He talked about being a successful inventor. While on this topic, he admitted that not having money helps the creativity.
InformationWeek has the full details on the interview.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Oliver said 8:43AM on 8-22-2008
OMG! God of Apple? That's like the god of all gods! Even above Steve Jobs!
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Jonathan Wise said 9:00AM on 8-22-2008
Well I wouldn't use the word "god" but Woz is definitely a better man that Jobs in my book...
jP said 9:27AM on 8-22-2008
He is certainly very inspirational, except for dating Kathy Griffin...
Since he married again now it is better.
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Aaron Davies said 12:53PM on 8-22-2008
"Apple //"? "Apple /"? Does anybody do their research around here? It's "Apple I" (or just "Apple" if you *really* want to be accurate) and "Apple ][". The //e is the first one I'm aware of that was spelled with slashes.
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Luigi193 said 11:09AM on 8-22-2008
Yeah... I thought that didn't look right.
I've never seen it spelled Apple //...
yagorob said 11:29AM on 8-22-2008
the dudes writing these blogs are like 15 years old... anyone who is old enough to have used one of these things is at least 35 years old and as such is too much of a square to blog :)
cotton said 10:16PM on 8-22-2008
Incredible! Wow! "God" gives advice to be yourself. Been a long time since he created the earth. The cash & time to play Segway polo aren't exactly qualifiers for deity status. He's so rich he can afford "to shut them out."
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Howie Isaacks said 3:22PM on 8-22-2008
I think Woz needs to lay off using the segway. He's huge!!!
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Lane said 3:48PM on 8-23-2008
Woz, looks like "Tattoo" from Fantasy island in this shot (70's TV show for the young ones here)
Faslane
Look Boss!!! Da Plane, Da Plane
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beken said 7:51PM on 8-25-2008
"the dudes writing these blogs are like 15 years old... anyone who is old enough to have used one of these things is at least 35 years old and as such is too much of a square to blog :)"
Actually over 45. I had an Apple ][+ and I'm pushing 50.
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