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Insanely great: the life and times of Macintosh, the computer that changed everything | Steven Levy
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The Newsweek technology writer chronicles the rise of the Mac, a machine that revolutionized the computer industry and American society. Original.
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TimSpalding
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As some might have noticed, I've read two books on Apple in a row. There are at least two other well-known ones I should read. But for now I'm watching a Netflix documentary on him while I catalog my parents' library on LibraryThing. Here's a shot they showed, an outtake really, with the Anchor Steam just out of the intended crop. :) 🐌

Leftcoastzen Yummy Anchor Steam! I really liked insanely great. (edited) 6y
Suet624 Love this photo. 6y
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TimSpalding
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Comfort read, but not without good advice. The early chapters are pure macaroni and cheese. For me, it was like reviewing old photo albums—albums I now only understand fully. But Levy goes comically wrong thinking about his present (1993, with an afterward from 2000) and the future. Reporters can gather and synthesis others‘ wisdom about technology, but I'm afraid they can‘t manufacture their own.

rabbitprincess Even the font of the title is visual mac and cheese! I love indulging in tech nostalgia so may have to try to find this book. 6y
TimSpalding @rabbitprincess Yeah, it's nostalgia. But also, for a tech person like me, brain food. Unfortunately, as with the last Apple book I read—Creative Selection—the differences between the Mac team and teams I work with is too high. I mean, we simply don't have the extra bandwidth to make demos for everything we do, yet that's the center of the Apple process. 6y
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Leftcoastzen
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Nerd Alert! Interesting to some folks , sure you don‘t have one lurking in your attic or garage? Wish I did .
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