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Posted on July 9, 2008

Bill Gates or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the software

Whether you idolize him, demonize him, or just understand him, he played one of the biggest roles in our time as the man who changed the world by using force, voice, and money… lots of it. His name is William Gates, and this is how he won the PC wars… but failed to replicate the [...]

Posted on May 28, 2008

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Remember the other Steve? The Steve that co-founded Apple Computer Inc. (today just Apple Inc.), and designed the Apple I and Apple II computers. You know who I’m talking about — Steve Wozniak.
Wozniak’s autobiography, which keeps up with modern Apple tradition by being titled iWoz, is an exemplary book mainly because of the following characteristics: [...]