Comment Re:I hate to demean the guy (Score 1) 275
I can understand how just reading the text of a website makes could make Woz come across this way. Text always has a way of allowing multiple interpretations.
I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Wozniak at the MacHack a couple of years ago when he was the keynote speaker. He is anything but full of himself.
Dave
His big concern during his stay at the conference was that he didn't have the credentials or credibility to be giving the keynote. It was amazing to watch a couple of the organizers out in the hallway, moments before he was to speak, explaining to him that he was the most qualified person they had ever had as keynote. After they had convinced him that the people he was about to speak to considered him a hero/god, his concern shifted to, "how can I meet that expectation, I'm going to disappoint them."
In person, he is soft-spoken and unassuming, and he was clearly uncomfortable with the hero-worship that was going on. He is just very matter of fact about what he has done, and he has done some incredibly amazing things.
I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Wozniak at the MacHack a couple of years ago when he was the keynote speaker. He is anything but full of himself.
Dave
His big concern during his stay at the conference was that he didn't have the credentials or credibility to be giving the keynote. It was amazing to watch a couple of the organizers out in the hallway, moments before he was to speak, explaining to him that he was the most qualified person they had ever had as keynote. After they had convinced him that the people he was about to speak to considered him a hero/god, his concern shifted to, "how can I meet that expectation, I'm going to disappoint them."
In person, he is soft-spoken and unassuming, and he was clearly uncomfortable with the hero-worship that was going on. He is just very matter of fact about what he has done, and he has done some incredibly amazing things.
