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O’Reilly Happening with Andy Hertzfeld on building the Mac

346150138 885d348ea5 m OReilly Happening with Andy Hertzfeld on building the MacWhat really happened in Cupertino during the early 1980s as the Mac was born? Andy Hertzfeld knows. A core member of the team that built the Mac, he wrote a bestselling book about his experiences, Revolution in The Valley OReilly Happening with Andy Hertzfeld on building the Mac.

And at Macworld 2007, Andy, also the founder of folklore.org, shares insider stories about the creation of the revolutionary Mac. Andy’s scheduled to talk and sign books at 12 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the O’Reilly Macworld booth #2112 in the South Hall.

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In Search of the Valley DVD released, featuring Mac legends

A new documentary on Silicon Valley premieres world-wide today, on DVD.

In Search of the Valley tells the story of three friends’ personal journey into the psyche of Silicon Valley, when in September of 2004 they swapped London for California, spending one month visiting and talking to many of the valley’s heavyweights and biggest personalities.

Despite being outsiders, the film’s makers secured access to the founders of some of Silicon Valley’s most important companies, including Apple’s Steve Wozniak, Adobe’s John Warnock, and Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org. The film also features Apple alumni Guy Kawasaki, Sandy Miranda, Andy Hertzfeld, Dan Kottke, and the late Jef Raskin, as well as the computer pioneer Lee Felsenstein.


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O’Reilly Releases ”Revolution in the Valley” — The Insanely Great Story of Ho

O’Reilly today released Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made a 240 page, hardcover volume written by Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the Mac which takes readers into the hallways and backrooms of Apple, to where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. The book retails for US$24.95 and is available to order today.

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