Macworld magazine, first issue

Obviously, that's Steve Jobs on the cover. (It is obvious, isn't it?) There are three Macs, but there was only one model at the time: the original 128K. 

Art's Deli Yiddish dictionary

Art's Deli Yiddish dictionary

I've heard that Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash drove from Laurel Canyon and had breakfast at Art's, then bought a vase nearby on Ventura Blvd., and then wrote "Our House" the same day. Also, the corned beef is great.

Apple Newton button

These were given out at some internal Apple event where the Newton was demoed to everyone, maybe for the first time. I never worked on the Newton project, and I'm not clear on the timeframe, because I left Apple in 1990, well before any Newton shipped.

General Magic University

I worked at an extremely ambitious startup named General Magic from 1990 to 1996. General Magic started as a project inside Apple and then became its own company. The company wanted to make small portable touch screen personal communicators that could send and receive beautiful notes called telecards, provide access to online shopping, and make phone calls. It was sort of like trying to make an iPhone in 1991.

Many very smart people worked there. Virtually every major consumer electronics and telecom company in the world was an investor.

Several devices shipped, including the Sony MagicLink and Motorola Envoy.

General Magic made some great software but the
company failed: data networks weren't ready, we took too long to ship and iterate, and the internet came along and we didn't embrace it fast enough.
The instructor signature belongs to Susan Rayl.

ComputerLand business card (around 1979)

This was my first business card when I worked at ComputerLand in 1978. I was 18 years old. Note that it's actually a blank card with my name typed on it (with a typewriter).

I did various jobs: helping people who had questions, working on the sales floor, setting up computers, and vacuuming the store.