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General Magic

We sometimesneed closure on thingsthat are not closeable

We sometimes
need closure on things
that are not closeable

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We sometimes need closure on things that are not closeable.
Duration
5 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:02
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
A peak experience, positive or negative happens, it's not easy to resolve. - General Magic 00:06
A peak experience, positive or negative happens, it's n...
In the moment we all do the best we can do in the moment, at that moment. - General Magic 00:08
In the moment we all do the best we can do in the moment, at...
I felt, a profound feeling of humiliation. - General Magic 00:05
I felt, a profound feeling of humiliation.
Shame that I had brought everyone along with such high anticipation - General Magic 00:11
Shame that I had brought everyone along with such high antic...
So I remember coming home one evening, so the kids were still up. - General Magic 00:08
So I remember coming home one evening, so the kids were stil...
"Daddy." And daddy had given it all to perfect strangers. - General Magic 00:07
"Daddy." And daddy had given it all to perfect str...
And my wife said, "Don't come home like this." - General Magic 00:11
And my wife said, "Don't come home like this."...
"If you need to sit in your car, for hours - General Magic 00:08
"If you need to sit in your car, for hours
Don't walk in the door if you're not a person, if you're not present, - General Magic 00:08
Don't walk in the door if you're not a person, if ...
And you know in-- in-- it collapsed, - General Magic 00:14
And you know in-- in-- it collapsed,
Life is ebbs and flows, when a wave crashes on the shores - General Magic 00:09
Life is ebbs and flows, when a wave crashes on the shores
You think of the wave as having done its thing and the next wave will come and the next wave, - General Magic 00:10
You think of the wave as having done its thing and the next ...
It always amazed me, because I haven't seen Marc in many, many years, - General Magic 00:10
It always amazed me, because I haven't seen Marc in man...
Because here is an individual who was so good, - General Magic 00:07
Because here is an individual who was so good,
Brought together perhaps the best team - General Magic 00:14
Brought together perhaps the best team
It was a decade of failure in Silicon Valley for me. - General Magic 00:06
It was a decade of failure in Silicon Valley for me.
General Magic was a disaster, Phillips was a critical success, but a business disaster. - General Magic 00:07
General Magic was a disaster, Phillips was a critical succes...
Then I had my start up and then, you know, during the start up times the Internet crunch - General Magic 00:09
Then I had my start up and then, you know, during the start ...
So it was a disaster after disaster from a business perspective. - General Magic 00:05
So it was a disaster after disaster from a business perspect...
But from a personal perspective it caused me to grow up each time, - General Magic 00:15
But from a personal perspective it caused me to grow up each...