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One of our developers, Pierre Omidyar, very quiet, soft spoken guy
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One of ourdevelopers, Pierre Omidyar,very quiet, soft spoken guy

One of our
developers, Pierre Omidyar,
very quiet, soft spoken guy

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One of our developers, Pierre Omidyar, very quiet, soft spoken guy.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:49:56
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
He had a Webpage, and down at the bottom it had a click through called Auction Web. - General Magic 00:05
He had a Webpage, and down at the bottom it had a click thro...
Every once in a while I would pass his desk - General Magic 00:18
Every once in a while I would pass his desk
You know, is it something you think is a good idea? I'd like to turn it into a-- - General Magic 00:10
You know, is it something you think is a good idea? I'd...
Lots of luck. We're not interested, have fun." - General Magic 00:04
Lots of luck. We're not interested, have fun."
He tried to get lots of people to join and nobody would join - General Magic 00:14
He tried to get lots of people to join and nobody would join
He had this pony tail down to his waist. He didn't look like the kind of guy - General Magic 00:12
He had this pony tail down to his waist. He didn't look...
We had him in our midst, and we had no idea. - General Magic 00:04
We had him in our midst, and we had no idea.
He was, he was a tech support engineer and a very quiet guy. We had no idea. - General Magic 00:06
He was, he was a tech support engineer and a very quiet guy....
Meanwhile we are hearing about, you know, the partners - General Magic 00:07
Meanwhile we are hearing about, you know, the partners
Any deferral of schedule is very politically charged, - General Magic 00:08
Any deferral of schedule is very politically charged,
Sony was just, you know, insistent about that, like, "Where is it? Where is it?" - General Magic 00:14
Sony was just, you know, insistent about that, like, "W...
Uh, we're still evaluating that, to see whether we can meet that date. - General Magic 00:05
Uh, we're still evaluating that, to see whether we can ...
We expect to be delayed by approximately one quarter. - General Magic 00:04
We expect to be delayed by approximately one quarter.
-What is going on here? - I've just gotten a little sick - General Magic 00:07
-What is going on here? - I've just gotten a little sic...
We are a little slow sometimes and we have a lot of bugs, but so what? - General Magic 00:05
We are a little slow sometimes and we have a lot of bugs, bu...
I started to understand where the cracks were starting to begin - General Magic 00:13
I started to understand where the cracks were starting to be...
This is kind of the pet shop where the animals are kept, - General Magic 00:06
This is kind of the pet shop where the animals are kept,
When I pick the cat up, it kind of scrunches up against - General Magic 00:09
When I pick the cat up, it kind of scrunches up against
These really creative people, but they would have these flights of fancy. - General Magic 00:04
These really creative people, but they would have these flig...
I mean, they would just go off in all kinds of crazy directions - General Magic 00:09
I mean, they would just go off in all kinds of crazy directi...