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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)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -- Steve Jobs

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Origins: (10 stories)
I'll Be Your Best Friend
Burrell Smith was creative in more than just engineering
Date: August 1979
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Personality, Hardware Design,Apple II
Comments: 13
Rating:  (4.37)

Scrooge McDuck
The very first image on the very first Macintosh
Date: February 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Hardware Design, Prototypes
Comments: 11
Rating:  (4.57)

Good Earth
The original Mac team's original office
Date: October 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Apple Spirit, Origins, Management, Buildings
Comments: 7
Rating:  (3.75)

Texaco Towers
The office where the Mac became real
Date: January 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Lisa,Buildings
Comments: 6
Rating:  (3.50)

Black Wednesday
A shakeup in Apple II engineering frees me up to work on the Macintosh
Date: February 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Apple II, Management,Recruiting
Comments: 5
Rating:  (4.87)

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)

Origins of Spline-Based and Anti-Aliased Fonts
Creation of the first spline-based font system
Date: January 1989
Author: William Donelson
Topics: Origins,Software Design
Comments: 2
Rating:  (3.06)

Busy Being Born
A visual history of the development of the Lisa/Macintosh user interface
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins,User Interface,Early Programs,Lisa,QuickDraw,Software Design
Comments: 11
Rating:  (4.80)

On Xerox, Apple and Progress
An essay discussing where the Mac user interface came from
Date: undated
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Credit,Software Design,Origins
Comments: 8
Rating:  (4.22)

The Macintosh Spirit
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: 5
Rating:  (4.33)


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