Revolution in The Valley

Andy Hertzfeld is the co-creator of the Mac, and a natural storyteller. His book Revolution in the Valley is Hertzfeld's chronological collection of amusing anecdotes having to do with the the development of the first Macintosh computers. He wisely focused on the people who were involved in the project and not the technology. If you are looking for good gossip, and you've come to the right place. Here's an excerpt from the time Steve Jobs presented a Mac to an uninterested Mick Jagger in 1984:

Mick was polite, but he didn't seem to have heard of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs or the Macintosh. Steve tried to strike up a conversation, but he wasn't very successful. Steve told me that Mick couldn't seem to put together a coherent sentence. "His speech was slurred and very slow", Steve described it later, "in fact I think he was on drugs. Either that or he's brain-damaged." After a few minutes, it was clear that Mick had absolutely no interest whatsoever in Apple or the Macintosh, and an awkward silence ensued.

Fortunately, Mick's twelve year old daughter Jade had followed Mick into the room, and her eyes lit up when she saw MacPaint. Bill began to teach her how to use it, and pretty soon she was happily mousing away, fascinated by what she could do with MacPaint. Even though Mick drifted off to another room, the Apple contingent stayed with Jade for another half hour or so, showing off the Macintosh and answering her questions, and ended up leaving the machine with her, since she couldn't seem to part with it.

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