CREATIVITY and jokes go hand-in-hand, according to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.<\/p>\n
The headliner at last week\u2019s Pivot Summit, Mr Wozniak shared stories about the formative years of the now-global technology company, its earliest projects such as the Apple II computer (which he designed), working alongside fellow Apple founder Steve Jobs, and his thoughts on the future of technology.<\/p>\n
In conversation with MC Monty Hamilton from PwC Australia, Mr Wozniak recounted his history as a jokester and prankster, including his famous \u201cphreaking\u201d exploits to get free long-distance phone calls.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you make up your own joke, you\u2019ve created something out of nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
This carried over to the design of the groundbreaking Apple II: \u201cYou had to have a machine that was fun with games, at home,\u201d Mr Wozniak said.<\/p>\n
Experimentation has been a driving force for him, especially simplification.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimplify your design \u2013 it\u2019s easier to understand, easier to maintain, and then I carried it over to life,\u201d he said. \u201cTry to do things in your life that skip the middle men, which usually skip the middle steps.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he did not realise in his early years how far ahead of the world he was in electronics and computing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had taught myself in high school, when no computers were around, how to design any computer in the world in two days, and the way I taught myself was 10,000 hours of trying over and over and over and over.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continues to tinker with technology, revealing that he carries around three iPhones on three different providers \u201cto compare them all\u201d, but only started using the just-released iPhone X after Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook sent him one.<\/p>\n
Mr Wozniak said he had never met Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, but particularly liked the Supercharger network for Tesla\u2019s electric cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you build things for yourself and you get them right for your own needs, they can turn out to be the best products in the world sometimes \u2013 the Apple II computer, the iPhone, the Tesla Model S.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CREATIVITY and jokes go hand-in-hand, according to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The headliner at last week\u2019s Pivot Summit, Mr Wozniak shared stories about the formative years of the now-global technology company, its earliest projects such as the Apple II computer (which he designed), working alongside fellow Apple founder Steve Jobs, and his thoughts on the […]<\/p>\n