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
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
But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great. Andy Hertzfeld contributioncreativeexcellence 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
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
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
The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere. Andy Hertzfeld applecrazydesign Change image and share on social
As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess. Andy Hertzfeld appleeventuallygold Change image and 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
