Tools & Craft: Andy Hertzfeld

This video is an interview with Andy Hertzfeld, an engineer who worked on the original Macintosh. Hertzfeld discusses the evolution of personal computers, from the Apple II to the Macintosh, highlighting key design decisions and the spirit of innovation at Apple. The interview blends personal anecdotes with historical context.

For more episodes of the Tools & Craft series including photos and transcripts, please visit: https://www.notion.so/tools-and-craft Welcome to the first episode of Tools & Craft! My name is Devon, and I spoke with Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the team that built the original Macintosh. At Apple, Andy's business card listed his title as "Software Wizard", and he wrote large portions of the computer's original system software. I've always been fascinated by the process of creating new tools and interfaces, especially those that amplify our thought and communication. We’ve all seen the legendary Apple keynotes and how personal computing has transformed the way we live and work, but what I was really interested to learn from Andy was what it was like to shape that vision from scratch, what it was like to work as an engineer when most people didn’t even really understand what a computer was, when the frontier of what it could become was wide open. --- Andy: https://twitter.com/AndyHertzfeld Notion: https://twitter.com/NotionHQ Devon: https://twitter.com/DevonZuegel