Steve Wozniak on being shy

Q: Are you still as shy as you were back in 1975?

Steve Wozniak: "I would not have been able to have this conversation, you know, back in the extreme shyness period, which extended all the way through starting Apple. I would sit in the back of a computer club and never raise my hand to even say this is how you ought to consider doing something. I probably wouldn't even do that now. I'd be too scared to open my mouth in any way that would cause conflict." [Reuters News, Sep. 27, 2006]

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“Although I'd never programmed in BASIC, I found that there was none for the 6502 yet. So I decided that I could show off (I was shy so the only way I could get noticed was by doing something great) by writing the first BASIC for the 6502.” [from PowerGS Woz Interview]

In 2000 Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame.

> His book - iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

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