I started school at a pretty exciting time in the history of computers. They were about to transition from being a tool for hobbyists, researchers, and the military to being something that could be brought into schools and even homes.
After finishing third grade, I took a summer …
One of my brothers went to Stanford and worked at Genentech, so I had a chance to visit the San Francisco quite a few times. Loved it. …
A good pairing with my article about How I almost worked directly for Steve Jobs.
Prior to coming to Apple, I was browsing the Pixar jobs website. I would do this a couple times a year but I was honestly so unqualified for absolutely everything they had offered.
But …
In May of 1993, I first connected to a online virtual community called LambdaMOO. It’s difficult to describe the place in one sentence, but here’s one attempt:
A MOO is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time
MOO—Wikipedia
LambdaMOO …
My school district offered interesting summer courses ranging from pottery to magic to computer programming. I never took pottery but I took the other two.
The summer before kindergarten I signed up for the computer programming class. Everyone was within a few years of my age so it wasn’t like …
All in-depth articles about my Apple career:
I always …
All in-depth articles about my Apple career:
I’ve interviewed …
When I used to interview people at Apple, I sometimes liked to ask them what they thought were the best and worst Apple hardware products of all time. It was a good way to test product knowledge, the ability to be critical without getting carried away, prioritization skills, and ability …