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

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

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

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

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

Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin.

I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who is breathing life into it. In a ferocious way.