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When I went to Genius training in Cupertino back in early 2008, Woz came by the retail training labs and took 4 of us to get hamburgers in his Hummer. I remember he bought extra burgers for his dogs and had a machined metal business card. Just a helluva nice guy, shot the breeze about all sorts of stuff. Real nerdy, Nixie tube watch and all =)
Hope he's alright.
Met him during Genius training too, on the way to beer bash, super nice guy, he chatted with us about the movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley” which was hilarious.
I wish you hadn’t told me he drove a Hummer, cause I think less of him now
That was my first reaction reading about the Hummer but then I remembered that Woz has a childlike interest in the world. His driving a Hummer is more akin to his wanting to know what it’s like to ride in a Tonka truck rather than his showing off a gas-guzzling statement piece. Plus, he likely owned it only for a short while before being curious about a a totally different kind of car.
I follow him on Twitter. He was always posting about buying his dogs steaks at Outback.
Are steaks from outback any good or are they best fed to dogs?
They’re not bad for what it is. I like Longhorn steak house. It might’ve just been a proximity thing.
I have a longhorn 10mins from and then I also have a steakhouse that has been in the area for 60 years from me. LH cost me like $20 and I can call in and pick it up. The other is probably $50-$60 per person and I have to make a reservation.
Guess which I eat at more?
I wish I was one of his dogs
There's an outback in Cupertino right down the street from infinite loop. I've seen him driving on 280 around that area a few times too. I bet he lives pretty close.
He still has the Nixie Tube watch?? That's sick
That was in 2008, but I gotta assume he has many.
According to Jobs‘ biography he was the guy who wanted to give out the blueprint for the Apple I for free. He truly is a treasure
Yeah, Woz really is a nerdy engineer with a heart of gold who never wanted to be famous or outrageously rich, he just wanted to make cool stuff for his friends and to challenge himself.
Best kind of guy. It’s well known he gave away most of his early Apple stock to employees he didn’t feel got enough credit for the work they did. Which… ask yourself how many technology executives would ever consider doing that? 😮