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Emoticons, today,emoticons are a big deal

Emoticons, today,
emoticons are a big deal

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Emoticons, today, emoticons are a big deal.
Duration
4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:29:16
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
Andy and Bill would disappear and come back with emoticons - General Magic 00:08
Andy and Bill would disappear and come back with emoticons
Only one person hated the happy face. It's like-- - General Magic 00:07
Only one person hated the happy face. It's like--
I've certainly never worked with a team as ambitious. It's almost like - General Magic 00:09
I've certainly never worked with a team as ambitious. I...
There was, uh, confidence, even arrogance there too. - General Magic 00:04
There was, uh, confidence, even arrogance there too.
Are you kidding me? This is, this is fun! - General Magic 00:04
Are you kidding me? This is, this is fun!
It was like we could walk through walls and do anything. - General Magic 00:04
It was like we could walk through walls and do anything.
Being there with all these people who were like, "We can change the world - General Magic 00:13
Being there with all these people who were like, "We ca...
Now it's getting them to understand this thing costs money. - General Magic 00:05
Now it's getting them to understand this thing costs mo...
In 1990 there was no digital telecommunications industry. - General Magic 00:05
In 1990 there was no digital telecommunications industry.
It did not exist, anywhere in the world. - General Magic 00:04
It did not exist, anywhere in the world.
We were in the analog era, there were no - General Magic 00:07
We were in the analog era, there were no
We were talking about bringing millions of people onto a network - General Magic 00:10
We were talking about bringing millions of people onto a net...
The AT&T folks came in this gigantic stretched limo that was too big - General Magic 00:14
The AT&T folks came in this gigantic stretched limo that...
We're still waiting for Bill and people are staring at their shoes - General Magic 00:08
We're still waiting for Bill and people are staring at ...
So Bill finally shows up. Um, he hadn't taken a shower in a week. - General Magic 00:05
So Bill finally shows up. Um, he hadn't taken a shower ...
He was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, he stunk like a goat. - General Magic 00:05
He was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, he stunk like a goat.
You could see the noses wrinkle on the faces of the three AT&T guys, - General Magic 00:06
You could see the noses wrinkle on the faces of the three AT...
No one had ever thought of the kind of ideas - General Magic 00:07
No one had ever thought of the kind of ideas
The AT&T folks said, "We're in," and they joined us as the first network partner. - General Magic 00:07
The AT&T folks said, "We're in," and they...
You got to have AT&T, you got to have Apple, - General Magic 00:06
You got to have AT&T, you got to have Apple,