To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
It's bad enough you get betrayed by them, but now
Please log in to add to collections.
General Magic

It's bad enough youget betrayed by them, but now they're gonna try toput you out of...

It's bad enough you
get betrayed by them, but now they're gonna try to
put you out of business

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.624
It's bad enough you get betrayed by them, but now
00:00:03.624 --> 00:00:06.958
they're gonna try to put you out of business.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:04
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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
There was always something else to be tuned up, - General Magic 00:10
There was always something else to be tuned up,
The company had made commitments, - General Magic 00:11
The company had made commitments,
And I felt the first wave, that first zap of terror. - General Magic 00:06
And I felt the first wave, that first zap of terror.
We were too dazzled by what it could possibly do - General Magic 00:09
We were too dazzled by what it could possibly do
I was still in creative mode, working on a flipping coin, - General Magic 00:08
I was still in creative mode, working on a flipping coin,
Whereas you tap the coin and it would flip around heads or tails - General Magic 00:08
Whereas you tap the coin and it would flip around heads or t...
And I was setting a bad example for the team by doing stuff - General Magic 00:15
And I was setting a bad example for the team by doing stuff
And it really made me do some soul searching that I was kind of, uh... - General Magic 00:07
And it really made me do some soul searching that I was kind...
Leading people astray and not having - General Magic 00:08
Leading people astray and not having
The deadline is everything, meet this date or miss your opportunity - General Magic 00:07
The deadline is everything, meet this date or miss your oppo...
I was like, "Huh... OK, I'm not crazy, - General Magic 00:18
I was like, "Huh... OK, I'm not crazy,
Don't they see? Don't-- - General Magic 00:05
Don't they see? Don't--
At some point when you grow up, your parents can do no wrong, - General Magic 00:07
At some point when you grow up, your parents can do no wrong...
I grew up as a person, and these people who I saw - General Magic 00:13
I grew up as a person, and these people who I saw
And that's when it kind of flipped for me like, "I can't just follow - General Magic 00:09
And that's when it kind of flipped for me like, "I...
One night, Sunday I think, and I walk into the building and I hear - General Magic 00:10
One night, Sunday I think, and I walk into the building and ...
And just banging away building what looked to me like bunk beds. - General Magic 00:04
And just banging away building what looked to me like bunk b...
I said, "Guys, what, what are you doing here?" They said, "We're building bunk beds." - General Magic 00:09
I said, "Guys, what, what are you doing here?" The...
We had to go up against it, pull it together to get - General Magic 00:07
We had to go up against it, pull it together to get
I remember like sleeping on, you know, some random - General Magic 00:09
I remember like sleeping on, you know, some random