People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.

I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken.

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

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

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

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 good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

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