from Dancing with the Stars to segway polo steve wozniak co-founder of Apple
polo steve wozniak co-founder of Apple
polo steve wozniak co-founder of Apple computers is a man who’s not afraid to
computers is a man who’s not afraid to
computers is a man who’s not afraid to try new things hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
try new things hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
try new things hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we get a one-on-one with a man who wears
we get a one-on-one with a man who wears
we get a one-on-one with a man who wears his nerd badge with pride and style I
took on a lot of challenges which
took on a lot of challenges which probably wouldn’t work in the end a
probably wouldn’t work in the end a
probably wouldn’t work in the end a method of recording data on a floppy
method of recording data on a floppy
method of recording data on a floppy disk in determining what it was when it
disk in determining what it was when it
disk in determining what it was when it came back I started out I’ll get part of
came back I started out I’ll get part of
came back I started out I’ll get part of the way there and then i’ll see if i can
the way there and then i’ll see if i can
the way there and then i’ll see if i can solve the rest of it and i always found
solve the rest of it and i always found
solve the rest of it and i always found the solutions i was lucky it’s like
the solutions i was lucky it’s like
the solutions i was lucky it’s like every job I did was made plus job two
every job I did was made plus job two
every job I did was made plus job two reasons for that one I didn’t have money
reasons for that one I didn’t have money
reasons for that one I didn’t have money and when you work on low resources
and when you work on low resources
and when you work on low resources you’re trying to do it yourself with
you’re trying to do it yourself with
you’re trying to do it yourself with very few parts you’re trying to be
very few parts you’re trying to be
very few parts you’re trying to be clever you’re trying to think out the
clever you’re trying to think out the
clever you’re trying to think out the whole solution in the shortest number of
whole solution in the shortest number of
whole solution in the shortest number of steps and I hadn’t done the jobs before
steps and I hadn’t done the jobs before
steps and I hadn’t done the jobs before every single thing that I’m known for
every single thing that I’m known for
every single thing that I’m known for today I had never done before in my life
today I had never done before in my life
today I had never done before in my life were taking classes and doing them
actually I’m the rare exception they
actually I’m the rare exception they were basically no sacrifices at all the
were basically no sacrifices at all the
were basically no sacrifices at all the only things I did all the way up through
only things I did all the way up through
only things I did all the way up through Apple success were the things that I
Apple success were the things that I
Apple success were the things that I enjoyed in life and I would have done
enjoyed in life and I would have done
enjoyed in life and I would have done anyway if no one was paying my own brain
anyway if no one was paying my own brain
anyway if no one was paying my own brain my follow technology I’d like to see
my follow technology I’d like to see
my follow technology I’d like to see good and bad i like to compare i’d buy
good and bad i like to compare i’d buy
good and bad i like to compare i’d buy an awful lot of it because it’s the only
an awful lot of it because it’s the only
an awful lot of it because it’s the only way you can compare I didn’t go into
way you can compare I didn’t go into
way you can compare I didn’t go into dancing with the stars they kind of
dancing with the stars they kind of
dancing with the stars they kind of found me and they had to argue and
found me and they had to argue and
found me and they had to argue and persuade me and it was my friends that
persuade me and it was my friends that
persuade me and it was my friends that really pushed me into doing something I
really pushed me into doing something I
really pushed me into doing something I really didn’t think I could do
really didn’t think I could do
really didn’t think I could do I don’t know we started out but by 1980
I don’t know we started out but by 1980
I don’t know we started out but by 1980 I was going to computer shows and you
I was going to computer shows and you
I was going to computer shows and you know we’re kind of going public we’ve
know we’re kind of going public we’ve
know we’re kind of going public we’ve we’ve made a lot of money will kind of
we’ve made a lot of money will kind of
we’ve made a lot of money will kind of we’ve been in the press long before that
we’ve been in the press long before that
we’ve been in the press long before that Steve and I and people are always asking
Steve and I and people are always asking
Steve and I and people are always asking me for an autograph huh I mean I was
me for an autograph huh I mean I was
me for an autograph huh I mean I was just an engineer I just didn’t engineers
just an engineer I just didn’t engineers
just an engineer I just didn’t engineers Java designed a good computer I like
Java designed a good computer I like
Java designed a good computer I like unusual things I like technology I was
unusual things I like technology I was
unusual things I like technology I was actually presenting an award a huge
actually presenting an award a huge
actually presenting an award a huge award big money award called the
award big money award called the
award big money award called the Lemelson prize to Dean Cayman who
Lemelson prize to Dean Cayman who
Lemelson prize to Dean Cayman who invented the segway one night in San
invented the segway one night in San
invented the segway one night in San Francisco and I got to ride one and wow
Francisco and I got to ride one and wow
Francisco and I got to ride one and wow that’s better than going up to the space
that’s better than going up to the space
that’s better than going up to the space station I got into groups of segue
station I got into groups of segue
station I got into groups of segue riders and they start talking about
riders and they start talking about
riders and they start talking about maybe we could play polo it’s about the
maybe we could play polo it’s about the
maybe we could play polo it’s about the only game you can think of that works on
only game you can think of that works on
only game you can think of that works on a Segway because you have to hold on
a Segway because you have to hold on
a Segway because you have to hold on with one hand my team’s been was the
with one hand my team’s been was the
with one hand my team’s been was the first one to start it we pretty much are
first one to start it we pretty much are
first one to start it we pretty much are the the spearhead for defining the rules
the the spearhead for defining the rules
the the spearhead for defining the rules and the equipment last month we were in
and the equipment last month we were in
and the equipment last month we were in cologne germany and we made it to the
cologne germany and we made it to the
cologne germany and we made it to the finals but we lost the barbados riding
finals but we lost the barbados riding
finals but we lost the barbados riding the single gets me all over town any
the single gets me all over town any
the single gets me all over town any town so fast i learned the town much
town so fast i learned the town much
town so fast i learned the town much faster i do many more things that i’m
faster i do many more things that i’m
faster i do many more things that i’m with walking them it’s like my watch I
with walking them it’s like my watch I
with walking them it’s like my watch I people think it’s a gadget why I
people think it’s a gadget why I
people think it’s a gadget why I invented that actually I think it’s a
invented that actually I think it’s a
invented that actually I think it’s a gadget watch got all these vacuum tubes
gadget watch got all these vacuum tubes
gadget watch got all these vacuum tubes from 1970 that run on a 140 volts and at
from 1970 that run on a 140 volts and at
from 1970 that run on a 140 volts and at first I put it on because it was a neat
first I put it on because it was a neat
first I put it on because it was a neat thing to show my gadget friends and
thing to show my gadget friends and
thing to show my gadget friends and after one week I decided this speaks to
after one week I decided this speaks to
after one week I decided this speaks to my brain it speaks the time for 30
my brain it speaks the time for 30
my brain it speaks the time for 30 flashes four and four-thirty when I
flashes four and four-thirty when I
flashes four and four-thirty when I spend my risk that’s the order by brain
spend my risk that’s the order by brain
spend my risk that’s the order by brain wants the time the way i would say it
wants the time the way i would say it
wants the time the way i would say it for 30 I don’t have to think I find it’s
for 30 I don’t have to think I find it’s
for 30 I don’t have to think I find it’s a more pleasant on my brain
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