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John Catmull (correction: sorry, his name is Ed Catmull, as tbab corrected me), Pixar co-founder and president wrote a book ("Creativity Inc") where he tells th
by diego_moita 5y ago
John Catmull (correction: sorry, his name is Ed Catmull, as tbab corrected me), Pixar co-founder and president wrote a book ("Creativity Inc") where he tells that story in detail.
He wrote that everybody in the team had forgotten about Sussman's copy and she is the one that told in a meeting the copy existed, to the astonishment of everyone else. The van that went to pick up the computer on Sussman's house was equipped with pillows because they were scared even from the road's vibrations.
- Melatonic 5y agoI would have just brought some servers and storages to her house and copied it over there. Why move the machine at all? edit: Now Im really curious what this version was even like considering it was never released
- Keyframe 5y agoAnd risk waking up the baby?!
- tbabb 5y agoEd Catmull.
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- diego_moita 5y agoYou are right, I was wrong. Thank you.
- coldpie 5y agoWould you recommend the book?
- diego_moita 5y agoDepends on the subject of your interests. Roughly speaking the book validates the whole idea of "to build awesome stuff, hire the most creative and talented people you can find and create an environment for their imagination to run free". If you're interested in this perspective, I do very much recommend. But, obviously, he doesn't address issues like John Lasseter running free with sexual harassment and other uncomfortable issues.
- trimbo 5y agoDoes he address his own efforts to suppress wages for those employees? https://www.courthousenews.com/disney-to-settle-animators-wage-fixing-case-for-100m/ https://www.courthousenews.com/disney-to-settle-animators-wa...
- filoleg 5y agoIf you are even slightly curious about the history of Pixar and the decision-making process behind their actions, then it is 100% worth it. It was written extremely well. If you are trying to read it purely for business advice or anything of that nature, you might find it a bit eh. It is very heavy on telling an interesting story, which should explain rather well why it might not be the best for the purpose of being an educational material. But if you want an interesting delivery of the story of Pixar, along with a look at behind the scenes in the industry (e.g., Steve Jobs was featured in there as one of the important personalities, given he was heavily involved with Pixar) and behind some of the decision-making/philosophy of Pixar as a company as it was growing, it is a great and entertaining read.