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General Magic

The deadlineis everything, meet this dateor miss your opportunity to change the world

The deadline
is everything, meet this date
or miss your opportunity to change the world

Full Transcript

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The deadline is everything, meet this date or miss your opportunity
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to change the world.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:32
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
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
So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I-- I was actually sleeping - General Magic 00:09
So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I--...
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.