I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type. Andy Hertzfeld applecostlow Change image and share on social
Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path. Andy Hertzfeld helpidealisticobstacle Change image and share on social
I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement. Andy Hertzfeld announcementbitebug Change image and share on social
The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere. Andy Hertzfeld applecrazydesign Change image and share on social
But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team grows as you have to write manuals and do testing... though the Mac had no formal testing. Andy Hertzfeld formalgoodgrow share on social
I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken. Andy Hertzfeld appleapproachartistic Change image and share on social
We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh. Andy Hertzfeld agocallchandler share on social
I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project. Andy Hertzfeld calldevelopfolklore Change image and share on social
I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II. Andy Hertzfeld applebuymonth Change image and share on social
Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years. Andy Hertzfeld applebenefactorblink share on social
