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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Doug Gray on August 12, 2018, 01:46:54 pm
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Most everyone is familiar with Bill's contributions to Photography and imaging generally. Turns out he was an early entrepreneur in smart phones as a founder of General Magic.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/general-magic-how-tech-superfriends-assembled-dreamt-up-smartphones-and-failed/
Fascinating story.
"This was the beginning of the most important company in the history of Silicon Valley that no one ever heard of” - former Apple CEO John Sculley.
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He's a damn fine photographer too. I'm fortunate to have two of his prints hanging in the house.
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Here's why General Magic never succeeded:
"General Magic co-founder Bill Atkinson hadn't showered for a few days and showed up in a Hawaiian shirt."
(Watch out, Jeff Schewe!) ;D
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Here's why General Magic never succeeded:
"General Magic co-founder Bill Atkinson hadn't showered for a few days and showed up in a Hawaiian shirt."
(Watch out, Jeff Schewe!) ;D
lol. Sounds a bit apocryphal but the stories of people working around the clock and sleeping at work are not fiction. I recall 100 hr weeks during intense product development. Exciting days. Probably still goes on up in the Valley around Sand Hill. I recall similar stories about Gates in the 80's.