Steve Wozniak
Overview
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
computer engineer and programmer
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
who founded Apple Computer, Co. (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
and Ronald Wayne
Ronald Wayne
Ronald Gerald Wayne founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and the late CEO Steve Jobs but soon gave up his share of the new company for a total of $2,300.-Biography:...
. Wozniak single-handedly created the Apple I
Apple I
The original Apple Computer, also known retroactively as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a personal computer released by the Apple Computer Company in 1976. They were designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer...
and Apple II
Apple II series
The Apple II series is a set of 8-bit home computers, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977 with the original Apple II...
computers in the mid-1970s, which contributed significantly to the microcomputer revolution of that era.
In addition to being popularly nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d "Woz", "The Wizard of Woz" or "The Woz", Wozniak is also sometimes referred to as the "Wonderful Wizard of Woz" and "iWoz" (a reference to the naming scheme for many Apple products).
Unanswered Questions
Quotations
Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
I also like to ride Segways. How much fun that is! Anybody think that's fun? I hope so... There's an awful lot of people in the world that sneer at Segways because other people are having fun. There must be something bad about it. But I always tell people, that hey, these Segways are so environmentally conscious. I carry four of them in the trunk of my Hummer.
A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.