OS Activities - Part I

Just this week I watched ht video "Pirates of Silicon Valley." It was different to watch a movie entirely on YouTube, but it worked out very well. The movie was very interesting and I watched it after I finished watching Triumph of the Nerds. I found the perspective of the film interesting that you were able to follow both groups of men and see how their stories overlapped as well as the relationships between them. After watching the film I did a little research on Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to see what they have done since the movie left off. Most of us are well away of Jobs' return to Apple but I did not know about his acquisition of Pixar. As for Wozniak, it was interesting to read more about the plane crash and the amnesia that resulted from it.

Overall it just struck me how fortunate all of these men were at the time. They were in the correct places at the perfect time. If most of them wouldn't have quite college, the history of the personal computer would be very different. All of these men displayed a sense of confidence, except for Wozniak, and it was enough to convince many people to invest and believe in them.