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The Life of Stephen Wozniak. By Jorge Messianu. What I’m going to Talk About. Wozniak’s Biography Wozniak’s Childhood Wozniak’s first creation Founders of Apple The Revolutionary Idea Wozniak’s Timeline. Biography. Born in 1950 in Sunnyvale California Loved electronics as a kid
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The Life of Stephen Wozniak By Jorge Messianu
What I’m going to Talk About • Wozniak’s Biography • Wozniak’s Childhood • Wozniak’s first creation • Founders of Apple • The Revolutionary Idea • Wozniak’s Timeline
Biography • Born in 1950 in Sunnyvale California • Loved electronics as a kid • Nicknamed as The “Woz” • Real name is Stephen Gary Wozniak http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html
Childhood • 5th grade, built large computer • 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe • He got his HAM radio license
First Successful Thing Created • First creation was a calculator • Calculator helped Wozniak to continue inventing http://www.thatch.org/revolutionaries/wozniak/
Apple 1 • Wozniak built the Apple 1 • Got idea from a TV • Got idea also from a typewriter http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html
What was the intention of Wozniak building this Computer? • Easy to use • Useful for solving problems • Good for playing games http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html
Jobs, Wozniak and Markkula • Made there company • Named company Apple. http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html
Steve Jobs • Was ready to use computers • Had the idea of selling preassembled http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/7630571_f.jpg
Stephen Wozniak • Made it all fit together Click Here to See A Video about Wozniak talking about The Creation of Software
Mike Markkula • Provided capital, credibility and business sense • Never actually worked for company http://www.macprime.ch/gallery/content/apple history/geschichte/001/_images/bilder/ah-001-018_small.jpg
The Revolutionary Idea • People believed Jobs/Wozniak were going only for money • Jobs and Wozniak succeeded their dreams
Wozniak’s Timeline Born in Sunnyvale, California Wozniak’s first creation was a calculator. Built the Apple 1. In 5th grade, built a large computer. 2006 1950 1970 1960 People believed that Jobs and Wozniak were going only for money. Loved Electronics as a kid In 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe
Sources • Spaulding, Autumn. “From the Garage to the Gigabyte.” Stephen Wozniak. Smithsonian Institute Press. http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html. • Wolfson, Jill, and John Leyba. “An interview with Steve Wozniak.” Tech Museum. http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/wozniak/ • "Wozniak, Steve." World Book Online Reference Center. 2006. [Place of access. Date of access.] <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar749259>.