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These really creative people, but they would have these flights of fancy
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These reallycreative people, but they wouldhave these flights of fancy

These really
creative people, but they would
have these flights of fancy

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These really creative people, but they would have these flights of fancy.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:52:36
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
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...
And during that time, the Newton shipped. - General Magic 00:05
And during that time, the Newton shipped.
Newton was the product that was ready to go. - General Magic 00:05
Newton was the product that was ready to go.
The most important thing that I've ever been involved with in my entire life. - General Magic 00:05
The most important thing that I've ever been involved w...
It's bad enough you get betrayed by them, but now - General Magic 00:07
It's bad enough you get betrayed by them, but now
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...