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I went to elementary and middle school (Blossom Hill and Fisher Middle respectively) in Los Gatos, where Woz resides. I remember he donated the Mac lab at Fishe
by almostdeadguy 6y ago
I went to elementary and middle school (Blossom Hill and Fisher Middle respectively) in Los Gatos, where Woz resides. I remember he donated the Mac lab at Fisher (and I think Blossom Hill too?). My memory of this is a little hazy, but I'm fairly sure Fisher had introductory programming classes that I took also, which I'm sure he had a part in. This would have been around 1999-ish when that was fairly uncommon. I wasn't a theater kid, but Woz was also well known for being a big sponsor of the theater program as well, and I remember kids in the theater program at Fisher often got cool tech gifts courtesy of Woz (like the Game Boy Color before it came out in the US).
It's probably hard to attribute this to one thing growing up in Silicon Valley in the 90s, but I consider Woz a big part of why I'm a software engineer today. And as an adult, he's one of the engineers who I most admire both professionally and personally as a kind, curious, and generous person.
- flashno 6y agowoo lg. I had no idea that mac lab was donated by woz
- forgotmysn 6y agowe used to go trick or treating up in monte sereno where he lives, and for a couple years he gave away ipod nano's instead of candy lol
- niczem 6y ago... the first time is always free ;)