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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh computer, and the people who created it. (119 stories)


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Bob Belleville(14 stories)
The Grand Unified Model (1) - Resources
The creation of resources
Date: December 1981
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Software Design,Origins,Technical,User Interface
Comments: 7
Rating:  (4.15)

Signing Party
The artists sign their work
Date: February 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Apple Spirit,Industrial Design
Comments: 12
Rating:  (4.36)

And Then He Discovered Loops!
Bob has written many lines of code
Date: April 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Management
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.31)

You Can't Fire Bruce!
The software team has a personality clash
Date: May 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality Clashes
Comments: 2
Rating:  (4.15)

Resource Manager Countdown
Bob gives Bruce thirty days to finish the Resource Manager
Date: August 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Management
Comments: 1
Rating:  (4.11)

Credit Where Due
Why the Mac design team got credit for their work
Date: January 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,The Launch,The Press,Retreats
Comments: 4
Rating:  (4.28)

Too Big For My Britches
My belated performance review is delivered verbally
Date: February 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality Clashes
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.66)

RMaker
A wild hack is added to the resource compiler
Date: March 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Technical,Software Design,Prototypes,LaserWriter,Lisa,Lisa Rivalry
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.50)

Quick, Hide In This Closet!
Steve forbid us to work with Sony
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Management, Lisa
Comments: 6
Rating:  (4.75)

A Mac For Mick
We present a Mac to Mick Jagger
Date: January 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Marketing,Celebrities,The Launch
Comments: 4
Rating:  (3.90)

Real Artists Ship
The final push to finish the software
Date: January 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management, Software Design,Allnighters
Comments: 5
Rating:  (4.28)

Leave Of Absence
I didn't know how to deal with my bad review
Date: March 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Quitting,Management,Lisa Rivalry,Personality Clashes
Comments: 3
Rating:  (4.33)

Things Are Better Than Ever
My leave of absence was drawing to a close
Date: September 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Quitting,Personality Clashes,Reality Distortion
Comments: 4
Rating:  (4.00)

The End Of An Era
The Mac division undergoes an inconceivable reorganization
Date: May 1985
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality,Personality Clashes,Quitting
Comments: 7
Rating:  (4.69)


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