A new article in The Wall Street Journal Blogs, by Marisa Taylor. It begins:

"Steve Wozniak may no longer be an active Apple employee, but he’s still a loyal shopper, saying Wednesday that he’ll buy the much-discussed Apple tablet once it’s released next year.
If there is such a thing,” he said at a conference. 'I buy everything Apple comes out with.'
He then added, 'There is no such thing,' after which Fusion-io President David Flynn interjected, 'You’re talking to a guy who has seven [navigation] systems in his car. So he will definitely be buying it.'"

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Some folklore for Friday with this bit of Macintosh history at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld. It Begins:
"By the spring of 1982, the Macintosh project was considered more legitimate within Apple. It was beginning to transition from a research effort into a mainstream project. We had to get more organized as the team grew."

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Software Wizard

An article at cnet news by Chris Matyszczyk on the Wonderful Wizard of Woz.
It begins:
"I saw a homeless man Thursday morning.
On the bench where he was sitting, he had propped a sign. It read: 'IDIOTS TAKE STUPID TOO SERIOUS.'
When I looked at this sign, I immediately thought of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's latest foray into the public consciousness.
You see, Woz seems to care what you think. But that will never stop from doing whatever it is he finds amusing that day. Or that hour. Or even that second.
So while you might at first be surprised that he has chosen to front a TV spot for the Car West Auto Body Shop of Danville, Calif., please consider that Woz doesn't find his participation surprising at all."

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A new article at BBC News on the dancing Steve!
It begins:
"As the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak may well be one of the most influential figures in the history of computers.
Yet this self-confessed geek's latest venture has nothing to do with technological advancement; instead he has been on a mission to prove that 'nerds can dance'."


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BBC News: Apple Founder's Dancing Odyssey

An article at eWeek.com by Chris Preimesberger on our favorite Steve!
It begins:
"Apple co-founder and chief technologist hooks up with Salt Lake City-based company that makes compact NAND flash storage arrays. Wozniak will be chief scientist after serving as a Fusion-io board member. His schedule starts immediately."

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Wozniak Exits 'Quiet Life,' Joins Storage Startup Fusion-io

An interview from YouTube with our Steve.
The Intro:
"Here is the extended version of where Steve Jobs talks about Apple, how he came up with the GUI from Xerox, his fall out with Steve Sculley, etc."



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An article at The DigiBarn Computer Museum by the late Jef Raskin.
From the story:
"By the 1990s, most kids had been exposed to computers. Not everybody used them or had one, but everybody knew about them.
I was not particularly different, I ran into a computer shortly before I was to go to high school, and was dazzled by the power and potential of programming. However, by extraordinary good luck, I met Merlin. Merlin's magic warped time for me so that my introduction to computers and programming occurred in the 1950s, instead of the 1990s. This put me 40 years ahead of my time, and I was later to make use of this privilege to create the Macintosh project, which may well have jumped the progress of personal computers ahead by a few years."



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Jef Raskin's story "Meeting Merlin"

So says The Woz in a new interview posted at Techradar.com. It begins:
"Steve Wozniak – or 'Woz' as he is affectionately known – is the cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple II, one of the most successful, visible and earliest personal computers ever made. He's still technically an employee at Apple, but he's now best known for supporting and championing new technologies, either directly or through Acquicor, the company he co-founded with Apple alumni Gil Amelio and Ellen Hancock".

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Wozniak: iPhone Biggest Disruptor of Mobile Biz

"In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wonders how long the iPod can stay on top spot, laments the limitations of the iPhone 3G, agrees with the downgrade on Apple shares and believes that Web 2.0 revolution has been over-financed and could lead to mini-crash in technology stocks."

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Steve Wozniak Interview: Iconic Co-Founder on the iPod, iPhone, and Future for Apple

A new article at BBC News By Maggie Shiels.
It Begins:
"The co-founder of one of the world's iconic companies is a reluctant billionaire who wanted to be an engineer first and a boss last.
The man in question is Steve Wozniak, the designer of the first Apple computer and its successor in his spare time.
He learned basic electronics from his father and knew by the time he was at high school that he wanted to be an engineer for life."

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Woz's Words of Wisdom