Apple Co-Founder and Dancing Fool Steve Wozniak Talks!
by Kara Swisher
Posted on June 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM PT
Today, at the Silicom Summit at Stanford University, BoomTown was on a panel about consumer media, and right in the front row paying rapt attention was Steve Wozniak.
It was the same Woz–the famous nickname of the Apple (AAPL) co-founder–who was also staring back last week at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference and taking it all in.
Thus, I used Woz as an example from onstage today, in making my point how to practice a new kind of journalism using simpler tech tools–like the Flip digital video camera and this blog, as well as Twitter and more–and doing quick and informative reporting about, say, well-known tech figures I see all over Silicon Valley.
As in: See Woz, stick my trusty Flip in Woz’s face, ask Woz annoying questions and, presto, we’ve got a lovely post about what he’s been up to.
Such as this video interview, in which Woz talks about a wide range of things from Apple to Google (GOOG) to sassy Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz (he’s buying stock!) to Twitter to innovation to social networking and, yes, dancing.
Woz, a verifiable tech legend, loves to talk–but not about his ex-partner Steve Jobs’ health this time–and it’s good to listen.
Here’s the video:
Comments
How can you not like this guy?
Gets in, makes revolutionary contributions to technology, gets out and enjoys the rest of his life.
He seems to have no hidden agendas where so many others like him in SV seem to have nothing but.
May he live long and proper.
Posted by Mac Beach at June 3rd, 2009 at 3:56 pmM:
Well said!
Posted by Kara Swisher at June 4th, 2009 at 3:32 amhe’s a geek…in the old-fashioned sense…but not an entertainment figure, thank goodness
Posted by Sam Harrison at June 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm