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Steve Wozniak: How I Invented the Personal Computer

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Vintage Foster - Publisher, Business Journal, Silicon Valley

Chris Kelley - Chris Kelley, CEO National Kidney Foundation of Northern California

Elaine Petrocelli - Elaine Petrocelli is the owner of Book Passage in Corte Madera, an independent bookstore that is renowned for its event schedule of authors, reader events, conferences, and writing classes. Elaine has been chosen "Bookseller of the Year" by Publishers Weekly magazine, and her constantly-updated list of book recommendations is followed by readers throughout the Bay Area and the nation.

Steve Wozniak - A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed America's leading innovators.

In 2000 Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for “single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.”

Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, Wozniak “adopted” the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. Wozniak founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Steve is currently a member of the board of directors for Jacent, a developer of cost-effective telephony solutions, and Danger, Inc., developer of a end-to-end wireless Internet platform.

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01.: Petrocelli Opening Remarks

01 min 19 sec

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02.: Moderator Introduction

00 min 56 sec

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03.: Foster Remarks

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04.: Wozniak Opening: Computer Jokes

01 min 25 sec

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05.: "iWoz" Origins

01 min 41 sec

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06.: Silicon Valley

03 min 39 sec

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07.: Discovering Computers

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08.: Designing Computers

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09.: Cream Soda Computer

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10.: Middle of the Road

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11.: Captain Crunch

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12.: A College "Drop Out" Designing Calculators

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13.: Outside Jobs

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14.: Atari

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15.: Internet Origin

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16.: Microprocessors

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17.: Writing in Basic

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18.: A Business of Your Own

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Partner:: Book Passage
Location:: Book Passage
San Jose, CA
Event Date:: 09.26.06
Speakers:: Vintage Foster,; Chris Kelley,; Elaine Petrocelli,; Steve Wozniak

Summary: Authors Business Series Luncheon: Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak, the mastermind behind Apple, casts off his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. His new book, iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way, provides a firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution with the invention of the first true personal computer, the Apple I.

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed America's leading innovators.