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And then Phil actually had tosit me down and go, "Tony what'swrong? You're not you." Like...

And then Phil actually had to
sit me down and go, "Tony what's
wrong? You're not you." Like to go from 80,
120 hours a week to none

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.166
And then Phil actually had to sit me down and go, "Tony what's wrong? You're not you."
00:00:05.166 --> 00:00:11.333
Like to go from 80, 120 hours a week to none.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:04
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartp
And so for me personally that was a major rocking event. - General Magic 00:05
And so for me personally that was a major rocking event.
Then the next one disappointment for me is, you know, I started design devices - General Magic 00:13
Then the next one disappointment for me is, you know, I star...
And so I created basically a whole product plan, and technology plan - General Magic 00:07
And so I created basically a whole product plan, and technol...
I go back to General Magic, I said, "Look I have a firmed up product plan, - General Magic 00:21
I go back to General Magic, I said, "Look I have a firm...
They were defeated. That was the saddest part about that meeting, - General Magic 00:15
They were defeated. That was the saddest part about that mee...
I am a particularly loyal person, so it was, it was - General Magic 00:06
I am a particularly loyal person, so it was, it was
I was fully bought into what we were doing, uhm, - General Magic 00:15
I was fully bought into what we were doing, uhm,
It looked like a massive disaster, - General Magic 00:07
It looked like a massive disaster,
It was a sense of rejection that penetrated right to your heart - General Magic 00:08
It was a sense of rejection that penetrated right to your he...
It was, uh, devastating. For me it was, it was really devastating - General Magic 00:10
It was, uh, devastating. For me it was, it was really devast...
It's-- it's going to be a long time before I start committing - General Magic 00:30
It's-- it's going to be a long time before I start...
I think the conceptual ideas were there, the user base was not there, - General Magic 00:13
I think the conceptual ideas were there, the user base was n...
Like it doesn't matter if you invented it because you didn't have shows, - General Magic 00:07
Like it doesn't matter if you invented it because you d...
I think there was actually nothing General Magic could have done - General Magic 00:08
I think there was actually nothing General Magic could have ...
The way I think about that, it's like a wave. If you start paddling too early - General Magic 00:12
The way I think about that, it's like a wave. If you st...
That's sort of what happened with General Magic. They saw the wave before anyone else, - General Magic 00:09
That's sort of what happened with General Magic. They s...
You can become so focused, and such a believer - General Magic 00:08
You can become so focused, and such a believer
In this case, the World Wide Web and General Magic probably didn't pivot, - General Magic 00:12
In this case, the World Wide Web and General Magic probably ...
I was getting increased pressure as a CEO of Apple, - General Magic 00:12
I was getting increased pressure as a CEO of Apple,
I learned from failure how incredibly painful it can be when you fail publicly. - General Magic 00:06
I learned from failure how incredibly painful it can be when...