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 was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school. Andy Hertzfeld appleberkeleybuy 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
A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997. Andy Hertzfeld applebackceo 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
Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it. Andy Hertzfeld anymoredevoteessentially share on social
People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well. Andy Hertzfeld characteristicdevicedriver 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
