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So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I-- I was actually sleeping
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General Magic

So we're just workingall out all the time, uh, andI-- I was actually sleeping under my...

So we're just working
all out all the time, uh, and
I-- I was actually sleeping under my desk sometimes and then
I would get up in the morning
and just start working again

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So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I-- I was actually sleeping
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under my desk sometimes and then I would get up in the morning and just start working again.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:10
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
It's night time, people are clustered around a handful of machines. - General Magic 00:05
It's night time, people are clustered around a handful ...
The rabbits are running around under their feet, the parrot is squawking - General Magic 00:07
The rabbits are running around under their feet, the parrot ...
Uh, it-- it was dank, musty, you know it smelt of sweat - General Magic 00:14
Uh, it-- it was dank, musty, you know it smelt of sweat
We'll have it, we'll have it tomorrow morning, alright? So-- - General Magic 00:08
We'll have it, we'll have it tomorrow morning, alr...
There was this constant drum beat of, - General Magic 00:18
There was this constant drum beat of,
- That'll never work. - One finger at the other end. - General Magic 00:04
- That'll never work. - One finger at the other end.
It's quick, it's-- there's a pleasing pace to it. - General Magic 00:04
It's quick, it's-- there's a pleasing pace to...
It's this incredible experience - General Magic 00:07
It's this incredible experience
This thing that we imagined, now has become real. - General Magic 00:05
This thing that we imagined, now has become real.
We've done it, and now you can see it and touch it and use it as well. - General Magic 00:05
We've done it, and now you can see it and touch it and ...
It's time to ship. We need to get this out. - General Magic 00:05
It's time to ship. We need to get this out.
It was one in the morning, everyone was there, - General Magic 00:05
It was one in the morning, everyone was there,
It was a classic decision - General Magic 00:05
It was a classic decision
So here we all were, in it together and saying like, "Is this it, are we done?" - General Magic 00:09
So here we all were, in it together and saying like, "I...
Is the software ready?" And a ton of engineers said, "We should wait." - General Magic 00:11
Is the software ready?" And a ton of engineers said, &q...
So welcome to the first public demonstration of-- of General Magic's technologies. - General Magic 00:05
So welcome to the first public demonstration of-- of General...
I wanna talk a little bit about, um, you know, we worked really hard the last four years - General Magic 00:10
I wanna talk a little bit about, um, you know, we worked rea...
-Uh, people, uh, people-- - General Magic 00:19
-Uh, people, uh, people--
This isn't the work of just me and Bill, but the work of some incredibly brilliant, - General Magic 00:17
This isn't the work of just me and Bill, but the work o...
They are just incredibly great and so, without further ado, with, uh, great pride, uh, - General Magic 00:14
They are just incredibly great and so, without further ado, ...