Reminds me what an incredible guy Woz is as well. Makes me wish I could have been there as the two of them debated the future of the personal computer in their garage.
A wonderful video - best thing I seen about Steve's passing. Woz is right. The dynamic of the two is what made Apple great. It's a classic case of a partnership that works with the sum being greater than the whole. Design (vision x moxie) + Ability (brains x sweat) = Great. And let's not forget the countless unsung worker bees who actually make it all happen. Viva Apple! His best line is about how entrepreneurs (like them) make something out of nothing but their ideas and passion. Thanks Woz and Steve
If you ever get the chance to hear Woz speak drop everything and do it. As I mentioned on HN before <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2524640" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2524640</a> I heard him address MSU engineering students after he received his honorary doctorate.<p>He left an indelible impression on all of us that day that is still resonating months later. Made all of us want to go build something!
After seeing this, it might be the only remembrance about Steve Jobs I need to hear.<p>We rarely take a minute to make a stranger into a person, and Woz shows how friendship remains above all else. All we have is the memories we make and create together.
Apple IIgs was my first computer and 6502 assembly was my first computer language. Woz was an amazingly talented guy, though I remember I had a hard time dealing with the non-contiguous video memory that he came up with on Apple II.
Also available on AP's YouTube channel:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_XEGrzHUo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_XEGrzHUo</a>
How does Woz saying that Steve Jobs was incredibly kind, sync up with the statment on Jobs' Wikipedia page that Jobs stole thousands of dollars from Woz when they were both at Atari [1]?<p>Is there something more to this story?<p>[1] search for $700 on Jobs' wikipedia page
Steve Wozniak was the real tech wizard, but Steve Jobs was the visionary. Job's ability to empathize with users is beyond belief. He knew what people wanted before they even knew what they wanted. Bill Gates also had a strikingly similar vision. He famously said that "We have to figure out what a person needs that he doesn't know he needs. Then we make him realize that he does need it and we're the only ones who could give him the answer." Maybe he was copying Steve Jobs, wouldn't be the first time.