Josh Lowensohn/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif.--The first time Steve Jobs went to go buy a suit, it took an entire day to get everything just right. ... recalled Andy Hertzfeld, ... it was more like Stephen Jay Gould's notion of 'punctuated equilibrium' where there are … Former colleagues discuss Steve Jobs' early days.

Here’s a bit of trivia: Andy Hertzfeld, who wrote much of the original Macintosh OS and is a major figure in Dreaming because of his work on Chandler, helped me try to realize an early experiment along these lines. Welcome to the first episode of Tools & Craft! 41 Copy quote. The Houdini Room: A strange form of deja vu is hitting Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld these days. We spoke with Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the team that built the original Macintosh. It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. Overcoming, Path, Helping. Andy Hertzfeld. Apple's Macintosh celebrates 25th birthday. It was called Embrace back then, in 1984, and it came together right after Andy quit Apple (when the Mac was released). facebook; twitter; googleplus; Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path. Why the Macintosh idea has survived and thrived since 1984 Apple’s creation of the original Mac was a remarkable achievement. Andy Hertzfeld Quotes. Steve Jobs has its share of God talk, but it's played for laughs—as evidence of Jobs' self-aware self-regard. General Magic was an American software and electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.Based in Mountain View, California, the company developed precursors to "USB, software modems, small touchscreens, touchscreen controller ICs, ASICs, multimedia email, networked games, streaming TV, and early e-commerce notions." According to Andy Hertzfeld, an American software engineer who helped develop the original Macintosh computer, the original purpose of the key is to allow you to completely do away with a mouse. We’ve all seen the legendary Apple keynotes and how personal computing has transformed the way we live and work, but what I was really interested to learn from Andy was what it was like to shape that vision from scratch.