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 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
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
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
The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the rest of Apple wasn't as creative or motivated as the Mac team, and what you need to take over the company are managers, not innovators or technical people. Andy Hertzfeld agendumapplecompany share on social
In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before. Andy Hertzfeld applecomputerfact Change image and share on social
Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world. Andy Hertzfeld drumimportantjob 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
