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We had to go up against it, pull it together to get
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General Magic

We had togo up against it,pull it together to get something out the door.We've got to get...

We had to
go up against it,
pull it together to get something out the door.
We've got to get serious

Full Transcript

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We had to go up against it, pull it together to get
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something out the door. We've got to get serious.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:56
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
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.
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--