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bookstore in New York City. Astanding-room-only crowd showed upbearing their 1970s Apple operatingmanuals, in honor of all that he haddone for them.218/929But the credit is not Wozniak’s alone; italso belongs to Homebrew. Wozniakidentifies that first meeting as the beginningof the computer revolution andone of the most important nights of hislife. So if you wanted to replicate theconditions that made Woz so productive,you might point to Homebrew,with its collection of like-minded souls.You might decide that Wozniak’sachievement was a shining example ofthe collaborative approach to creativity.You might conclude that people

who hope to be innovative should workin highly social workplaces.And you might be wrong.Consider what Wozniak did rightafter the meeting in Menlo Park. Did hehuddle with fellow club members towork on computer design? No. (Althoughhe did keep attending the meetings,every other Wednesday.) Did heseek out a big, open office space full ofcheerful pandemonium in which ideaswould cross-pollinate? No. When youread his account of his work process onthat first PC, the most striking thing isthat he was always by himself.Wozniak did most of the work insidehis cubicle at Hewlett-Packard. He’d arrivearound 6:30 a.m. and, alone in theearly morning, read engineeringmagazines, study chip manuals, andprepare designs in his head. After work,he’d go home, make a quick spaghetti219/929

bookstore in New York City. A

standing-room-only crowd showed up

bearing their 1970s Apple operating

manuals, in honor of all that he had

done for them.

218/929

But the credit is not Wozniak’s alone; it

also belongs to Homebrew. Wozniak

identifies that first meeting as the beginning

of the computer revolution and

one of the most important nights of his

life. So if you wanted to replicate the

conditions that made Woz so productive,

you might point to Homebrew,

with its collection of like-minded souls.

You might decide that Wozniak’s

achievement was a shining example of

the collaborative approach to creativity.

You might conclude that people

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