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Andy Hertzfeld

(1953) Computer Engineer

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Andy Hertzfeld is a computer engineer, best known for Revolution in the valley.

Quick Facts About Andy Hertzfeld

Born: April 6, 1953
Profession: Computer Engineer
Notable works: Revolution in the valley

About Andy Hertzfeld

Andrew Jay Hertzfeld is an American software engineer who was a member of Apple Computer's original Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Apple Computer from August 1979 until March 1984, where he was a designer for the Macintosh system software.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Andy Hertzfeld

Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore.…

Able

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It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an…

Art

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I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at…

Breathing

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As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess.

Apples

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But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team…

Different

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Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world

Important

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We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do…

Couple

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I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement.

Announcements

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I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

Apples

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I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting…

Apples

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You show me a great program and I'll show you a passionate individual somewhere behind it.

Behinds

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Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked…

Action

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I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project.

Folklore

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The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the…

Agendas

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I left General Magic in 1996 to become an Internet hobbyist - got a T-1 line to my house. At one point…

Bay area

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A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple…

Apples

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Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried…

Apples

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I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II

Apples

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In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and…

Apples

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I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew…

Apples

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I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type.

Apples

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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…

Contribution

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The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere

Apples

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People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device…

Characteristics

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Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

Helping

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