I've always been amazed at Woz's annus mirabilis from 1976 to 1977. At the age of 26, he designed a commercial micro computer from scratch, which had sound, col

I've always been amazed at Woz's annus mirabilis from 1976 to 1977. At the age of 26, he designed a commercial micro computer from scratch, which had sound, color output, an OS, Integer BASIC, all the peripherals, programming guide, and more. Think about this. At the beginning of 1976, Woz got hold of a 6502 chip for the first time. By March, he had the Apple I running. By April, he and Jobs (and briefly, Wayne) started Apple. In July, they started selling Apple I kits, and by August, Woz had completed a prototype of the Apple II. By April of 1977 (only one year later!!) they were at the West Coast Computer Faire with the full-fledged Apple II computer as we know it today. It continued in production in one form or another until 1993. This was a tour-de-force of focus, efficiency, innovation, hard work, and plain brilliance that is almost unbelievable today. Think about what you've accomplished in the past year, and compare. Woz deserves all the credit he gets.