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I was only going into engineering because I knew that it would be like a tool kit
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General Magic

I was only going intoengineering because I knew thatit would be like a tool kit I could...

I was only going into
engineering because I knew that
it would be like a tool kit I could use until
someone would hire me

Full Transcript

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I was only going into engineering because I knew that it would be like a tool kit
00:00:05.005 --> 00:00:07.625
I could use until someone would hire me.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:24
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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Movie Summary

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
But then I got into it, and it turns out, oh jeez, you know, - General Magic 00:07
But then I got into it, and it turns out, oh jeez, you know,
A lot of times people in their twenties are out, you know, - General Magic 00:12
A lot of times people in their twenties are out, you know,
-...the camera. - General Magic 00:06
-...the camera.
You know, I hadn't had that many first days of jobs before - General Magic 00:11
You know, I hadn't had that many first days of jobs bef...
I met Andy Hertzfeld for the first time, he was already famous, I knew - General Magic 00:11
I met Andy Hertzfeld for the first time, he was already famo...
-OK! Let's-- let's try to, uh, start the meeting, - General Magic 00:14
-OK! Let's-- let's try to, uh, start the meeting,
It'll be a good historical or hysterical document, uh, - General Magic 00:07
It'll be a good historical or hysterical document, uh,
What I understood was that these people were - General Magic 00:10
What I understood was that these people were
And you could trust them because what they were driven towards, wasn't a job, - General Magic 00:09
And you could trust them because what they were driven towar...
It was where we were headed, we were going to change the world. - General Magic 00:04
It was where we were headed, we were going to change the wor...
We all basically sat on the floor-- no, I did not. They all basically sat on the floor - General Magic 00:11
We all basically sat on the floor-- no, I did not. They all ...
We've been talking about possible names, what is the device? - General Magic 00:04
We've been talking about possible names, what is the de...
One of the things that's really special is that it's in my pocket with me all the time. - General Magic 00:05
One of the things that's really special is that it'...
It's a very different thing than computers. It's something that is in my pocket - General Magic 00:09
It's a very different thing than computers. It's s...
The notion that it wasn't just gonna be a phone, - General Magic 00:08
The notion that it wasn't just gonna be a phone,
I thought, "Oh my god, - General Magic 00:08
I thought, "Oh my god,
-Show us what's in the box. -Uhm. OK. - General Magic 00:07
-Show us what's in the box. -Uhm. OK.
We are trying to make something that people love. We need it to be like your watch, - General Magic 00:09
We are trying to make something that people love. We need it...
You know this is a huge, ugly thing, but, um, we had to start somewhere, we had to start - General Magic 00:21
You know this is a huge, ugly thing, but, um, we had to star...
This is in the very beginning and, um, one of the problems with this, - General Magic 00:07
This is in the very beginning and, um, one of the problems w...