The early days | Steve Wozniak | TEDxBerkeley

Steve Wozniak discusses his early days at UC Berkeley, and how they led to the foundation of Apple.
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.
In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@jovitaangelina8051]

He doesn't put him self on the very top, he doesn't make a big deal of his invention, he just love what he does. He is full of respect to his partner. This guy win in life.

[@jqyhlmnp]

Jovita Angelina Unfortunatly, he lost :'(

[@WinterandNoodle]

r2c123 Lost? At least he's still alive [too soon?]

[@jqyhlmnp]

Communistpeppers Being alive doesn't mean you won though XD

[@ArunGoyalAtWork]

👍👍 thts true

[@gianluca.g]

+r2c123 he got more money than you, me, and everybody commenting here. So yes, he won :-)

[@hopperdietzel]

Jobs had an amazing friend...

[@harishchaudhry1558]

Really

[@chrismofer]

And, in the early days, took huge advantage of him. Woz always had the right ideas in mind and it seems Steve always had his fame in mind.

[@bobochan4699]

i wish he was my friend..

[@PsionicMonk]

@@chrismofer And Jobs is rotting in a grave.

[@yellowzero525]

yeah wozniak is a great human

[@hassanahmed2781]

The guy is manifestation of JOY itself and happy life

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

The real brains behind Apple Computer..! Such a great Electronic Engineer.!! Long Live Steve.! UC Berkeley is a fantastic school. Lots of great minds.....

[@SJ-qs2gj]

what a sweet guy! the world needs ambitious people as well as nice people like wozzie .

[@Healthydays-pn4dq]

Very thankful for my good physical health and the healthy relationships in my life 🙏

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Love this guy. More than any Jobs. He is the man I'd want to be

[@AI-Consultant]

sometimes people get lucky in life, they did. don't think they are better than you, you can and will succeed in what you are good at

[@lysol5555]

he's the king of all nerds, engineers, programmers

[@RabbitConfirmed]

Our King

[@AlbanianGladiator]

our king

[@AlbanianGladiator]

@@RabbitConfirmed hes the big daddy

[@kihbjcjdjd7022]

And Linus Torvalds

[@christianrottler]

I'd love to spend an afternoon in his presence. That guy's such a legend 🤩!

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

Steve Jobs is the visionary leader and salesman of Apple. Wozniak is the brains and heart of Apple at least the original Apple. Such an amazing inventor, tinkerer, engineer, and human being. So grounded and humble and open to sharing.

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

+80schampion Although I would argue that Jobs was also the heart of Apple. Also, he surely learnt a lot from Woz. Bill Gates once said "even though Jobs is not an engineer, he has amazing intuition for what works and how to do it". I think much of this comes from spending so much time with Woz in the early days.

[@projectjt3149]

Keep in mind, however, that it's his humble and gentile heart that is the reason why he didn't stay in Apple. But that's fine. He's still Woz.

[@sandrobindelli5607]

The Hacks-By-Jack Channel Without Wozniak's technical expertise and support there would have never been Apple and Steve Jobs would have possibly ended as a visionary lunatic frying at McDo or selling insurance on the phone.

[@Browningate]

I bet he could've figured out how to fit a headphone jack on the new iPhone.

[@DupczacyBawol]

Withous Woz there would be no Apple and Jobs (who just preyed on Steve, his talent, and geniune frienship) would have no money and no fame.

[@RebelPixels]

He's like the personification of joy. What a fantastic guy.

[@savedfaves]

You're thinking of Roberto Benigni. Woz is great though!

[@pingpong2456]

They probably both beat their wives

[@benwyse]

I rate this the best TED talk, a good reminder to all goal-driven folks, what life is about - fun. :-)

[@claravela9134]

You are totally right.

[@geekygoldenberg8896]

Could not agree more. Woz is just an amazing person!

[@fabian5002]

OMG my brain is overclocking trying to follow his stories.

[@tuna5287]

Mind dfgfdgerge has 58t84yt4858 burned down severelyfjdkfjkldfjdklfjsklfjsdklfj

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

Obviously, you need more cores. And more RAM. Especially more RAM.

[@tejassharma4171]

Steve Wozniak has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree by various universities for his contributions to technology.

[@n.o.mcitizenoftheworld]

His mind is too fast for his speak that's all 😊great recap of his life 💖

[@CharlieTechie]

Met Steve once in the mid 80's at a computer convention in Dayton, Ohio - nicest guy in the world, very personable - so opposite of Jobs.

[@bighardrive]

Woz uses the high tech device for notes. Pencil and paper....WOW!

[@savedfaves]

Unlimited battery life. Paper-light.

[@sandrobindelli5607]

Donald E. Riley Nice point :-) Us "old timers" that fully lived the computer revolution, I myself had the first b/w videogames in 1978 and programmed in Basic by 1983, do still prefer "analogic" support. Today I do own 2 computers and iPhone and an iPad, I'm online 24/7 since 1998, I do work (oviously) online and am part of a revolutionary Mobile marketing company....but I still fucken have paper and pencil available anywhere. :-) It's 100% reliable, never runs out of memory and can be easily stored for years without any care.

[@almarma]

It doesn't fail, it doesn't restart, and the battery last a lot of time ;)

[@avinashmg7545]

Its thinner than the latest macbook, iphone or ipad, and power efficient

[@BassicVIC]

Donald E. Riley ... Nothing wrong with it.

[@ame7272]

You can tell from every time you see him talking that he is a decent kind man.

[@timmy334]

Agreed! My thoughts exactly.

[@jjprulz]

By all accounts, he is exactly that.

[@michuk007]

Steve Wozniak you over delivered we can now work from home 5 days a week :)

[@thuryf]

michuk007 try 7 days a week

[@ibraonyoutube]

2020: we can now work from home 7 weeks a day

[@sekhonz56]

@@ibraonyoutube welcome to 2020

[@AnilGowdaM]

Aged like wine.

[@SuperDrJeckyl]

I love Woz so much. Jobs made tons more money but Woz won in life. The guy just loves life and life loves him. He has no filter.

[@ZFox57]

He talks like kendrick Lamar raps

[@nathanlynch8320]

+Ian Prado get a swimming pool for of liquor then you diiiiive in

[@noahjames9457]

ZFox57 be humble. sit down.

[@cloudie8314]

Nice!

[@rayb8572]

Woz is one of the best examples of, "If you enjoy what you do, you will never work a day in your life"

[@Zyzzywyz]

Woz is like that great, kind uncle that you'd always want to hang around with during the weekends, telling all those stories. A big salute to Woz.

[@darrylwolfe7359]

THere are now 2 movies on Steve Jobs. Are there any movies on Wozniak?

[@jorgeloubetcasas]

+Darryl “darvlaskie” Wolfe Not dead yet

[@captainflint906]

Maybe, after his death..!!

[@darrylwolfe7359]

Why wait? Im sure wozniak is jealous by now..+‫الرجل الوطواط‬‎

[@DonutUnderpants]

+Darryl “darvlaskie” Wolfe He's not dramatic enough.

[@thebullguy9938]

+Darryl “darvlaskie” Wolfe He pretty much didn't do anything big after leaving Apple so there is no inspiration or climax to make a movie.

[@WaterDrinkersUnited]

Hey, it's the guy who invented the universal remote control!

[@leonardokim5504]

+WaterDrinkersUnited 99 percent of people don't realize that

[@WaterDrinkersUnited]

+Leo nsn I guess they keep getting caught up on this microcomputer for use with video display thing he invented several years earlier.

[@firmman4505]

@@leonardokim5504 really?

[@hasnanuddin1045]

I am big fan of steve wozniak

[@yhz2K]

we all are

[@supernewuser]

Woz kicks so much ass.

[@MrBodisha]

Wozniak is obviously a genius & good guy... it's sad to think how times have changed from his days in college though. how many of his pranks would land a kid in jail these days and potentially ruin his future. America has gotten way to uptight

[@Celebrianna1]

For mathematicians... Go forth and multiply! XD

[@RogerBarraud]

Go, FORTH and * :-)

[@ShinobiEngineer]

The real brain behind Apple... I prefer this "Steve" over the other!! ; )

[@justinnamuco9096]

Shinobi Engineer Nah our Steve right here would have kept his mini computer right inside his own garage and away from civilization

[@thinkaboutit4715]

The more accurate name would be Stephen.

[@skyebynes612]

@@justinnamuco9096 Apple would honestly be complete nothingness without Jobs, Wozniak was great though.

[@vimalcurio]

@@skyebynes612 agreed

[@tutututu81]

He's like my grandpa, always telling the same stories. But I like him! He invented the bests tools for my life.

[@RogerBarraud]

He'd probably only have to tell them once if you actually listened... :-/

[@rishabhjain7031]

Just 15 seconds into the video and I liked it the moment he said he was feeling nervous on stage..what a genuine guy _/\_

[@OverlandOne]

Woz is a great guy. If you want to get to know him a bit better...read his book: "I Woz". I only know him from his interviews and, his book but, he is the kind of guy I could just meet on the street and talk for hours with.

[@samanrajaei8129]

Woz is the sweetest guy

[@PsionicMonk]

14:20 Listen to this, over and over.

[@TheodoreManthovani]

My goodness, he is an angel unlike the other overrated one.

[@companybroadcast2890]

the other one is too overrated. this guy is a real inventor. both bill gates and steve jobs and bill gates are mere money makers

[@epowouid6715]

Steve's a great story teller that's why I read his book iWoz in one single day.

[@miladirani4313]

That didnt translate in my country

[@mohammedasim3158]

good guy in the tech world

[@r14nicolau]

BF3, best game ever...

[@voiceofreason1663]

Steve Wozniak is much funnier than Bill gates

[@tinydog1234]

Bill Gates has been accused of many things, but being funny is not one of them.

[@mwebb999]

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, couldn't even get a TED Talk, having to settle for TEDx 😀

[@LunchBXcrue]

The more I see of Steve the more I like him, he reminds me of when your a kid and you find something you're absolutely crazy and passionate about. I used to love computers when I was a kid, I was lucky enough my dad had gone through a bunch and kept them so I took all the best stuff out of them and built my own. Sorta fell by the wayside but after seeing the custom water cooled computers you can make now, and cheaply I'm in love with it again lol

[@nsfa19]

I love this guy. People should kiss the ground beneath his feet!

[@muzosh]

+nsfa19 What the Fuck.

[@nsfa19]

+muzosh He is the man, that's it.

[@chrisz5z]

+muzosh Fuck the What

[@osalbaro]

Definitely not

[@idansolon4715]

why should they?

[@p1nesap]

Gets really good @13:16. Talk about a selfless guy who defines good karma and knows the path to happiness.

[@alextirrellRI]

I think he must have been given a time limit--seems he's trying to get to everything on his list. I've watched several interviews with him now and you can just tell he's brilliant, but the interviewers don't know what to do and don't have enough time!

[@Momoka7]

Steve Wozniak has the heart at the right spot! He got what life is all about, the polar opposite to Steve Jobs. Where Steve Jobs wants to restrict, confine and lockdown products possibilities... Steve Wozniak wants to explore the possibilities of them, in a child like manner with eyes wide open looking for fun together with everyone. Unlike Steve Jobs that only looked to enrich himself, limit customers possibilities and try to chain them to the apple ecosystem. But this story is also a good story about karma, you reap what you sow. I am no one to judge people, Steve Jobs included... so I don't want to say he reaped what he sow. But the moral of the story is... do what is right, be nice to people... don't be selfish... and people will love you for it, just las much loved as Steve Wozniak is!

[@tobiashenriksen7068]

He is one of my favorite people - he is the antithesis to Jobs! He is sweet, kind, nerdy and altruistic. Imagine how much of a better place the world could be if Apple, one of the largest, wealthiest and most influential entities in the world, had been guided by the values of THIS Steve instead!

[@savedfaves]

Tim is making up for it.

[@pithikoulis]

The company would go bankrupt in the first year

[@BassicVIC]

Tobias Henriksen That’s a thought! Maybe Apple wouldn’t be the mega company it is now, but they would make really really remarkable computers and smartphones and amazing inventions... useful and fun things. Wozniak wouldn’t be pushing a new iPhone every year through the world’s throat... Apple would be a very discreet affair only for a few happy followers... and Keynotes would be like this!

[@gblargg]

They'd probably be nothing what they became. Jobs had a lot to offer. It's not just the technical side to make these things work; there's a lot to choosing what to put in, what to prioritize in the usability, and how to make it work economically.

[@firmman4505]

@@pithikoulis lmao

[@abeybotha5574]

I prefer the other Steve over this one. There is many reasons why.. This one is a fake!

[@IronMan-qi3yg]

Explain?

[@almaguapa-sailboatliveaboa440]

Wozniak truthfully and transparently shows his discoveries, beliefs, passions and evolution. That is a true human! He's an incredible computer inventor era and yet he has his little paper notes. 😂😂 We NEED to learn more from Wozniak.

[@Ultrageizt]

“ I could tell Larry David was the mind behind Seinfeld ”

[@ayanshah2621]

HAPPINESS....... Thats it..... it has always been happiness

[@cherrypuffs7046]

no but it was Gabriela she asked me to romove it

[@ayanshah2621]

I guess you should get the "Hangouts " application........ it is easier to chat in that......

[@ayanshah2621]

Hey Freya, did you watch this video?

[@chrischadsey7311]

I would love to watch Steve and Elon do a one on one...that would be very interesting.....

[@threeone6012]

Woz figured out how to imprint his amazing personality onto Apple II motherboards. Pure genius.

[@g1sbi]

I just wish I could meet this incredible man, shake his hand and tell him how much of an impact he made on the world. What an amazing person.

[@MichaelBernardo]

Can't leave this vid without a thumbs up. Always humble. Way to go Woz.

[@kihbjcjdjd7022]

Eminem has been real quiet since this video got released

[@ZURATAMA1324]

"Berkeley was a symbol of free-speech!" Yeah, how ironic now that we look at Berkeley.

[@elpatriotaLX]

+ZURATAMA1324 Yeah... Now they have safe places where certain things can't be said. No more discussions because people get offended.

[@CraigMansfield]

He's wonderful :D Damn clever as well. I love hearing when people share what they could have kept for themselves. James Gandolfini was another guy who did that: he got paid much more than other cast members, (not sure which show) so he shared out the difference. That touches me, and I appreciate not only that type of person, but their view of the world.

[@Slarti]

What a lovely person and genius at the same time.

[@Nairuulagch]

Living god is talking that is all.

[@Gambit2531]

What an inspiration!

[@RonakMogra]

The "other" Steve. In my opinion, Jobs was so lucky to meet Wozniak. None of Apple would have been possible otherwise.

[@MAKAB36]

How did this man cope with Steve, a very grumpy person by any measure.

[@masonkane5884]

In reality, Steve Jobs was a nobody. He was just a guy obsessed with starting and running a business as a way to get rich. He just got lucky that one of the most amazing inventions of all time fell into his lap. This man is the real hero.

[@Olorunnisola01]

Dave Kane I thought of Steve Job's case otherwise. He is a smart guy, who knows what he wants, paid the prices for what he wanted and got it. He knew himself and understand how to use his strength to cause a revolutionary change

[@truefutbal9916]

I freaking love this guy! Every time I watch his interviews I can just almost touch his happiness...

[@primovid]

Ha...I grew up in Berkeley and I remember when Steve Jobs finally graduated under the alias. I read a newspaper article about it at the time. I know all the places he talked about in his talk. Some of them are still there (except the phone booths, of course ;) ). Don't forget Steve is the one who put on the US Festival in 1982 which was a huge outdoor concert with all of the best bands of the day. He lost money so he pretty much did it for the same altruistic reasons that he helped the other people who worked at apple.

[@carolyngracemarie]

What a warm soul, so full of life. A very enjoyable talk. If my college experience is half as interesting as his it will be a wild ride.

[@RogerBarraud]

Sorry, it won't be - especially @ Berkeley... :'( Do yourself a favour and research why that's the case.. ..and if you decide to go there after all, hack it back :-)

[@GMeza-cy5xv]

I truly beleive that years in the future, the same way now Nikola Tesla is finally being recognized as the genius over Edison... Wozniak will be recognized over Jobs

[@pedro.arroyo]

AW MAN! Any other Berkeley engineering alums watching this? SO AWESOME. I miss those days. GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@self-defenseinnovationsinc6383]

too bad jobs didn't realize what a amazing friend he truly had. he is just a happy man.

[@ameya39]

Best thing said at 14:34

[@sudocatsda1guy390]

The problem in capitalist society is that Steve Jobs is seen a hero while Wozniak is rarely seen at all.

[@4647540]

Best part .... 13:58 😂😂😂 Woz ...is truly a living legend .... He is my idole.....it's b'cz of his dream to having its own PC we all are able to make our dreams true.... Thank you Steve Wozniak...🤘👍

[@focl2003]

It's said that this guy is very shy, why?, he is so charming and charismatic.

[@starlight7499]

This Man is the CPU, Steve jobs was the box of apple computer . So underrated ...

[@neuemage]

Back in the day when Berkeley was about free speech xD

[@moiquiregardevideo]

You could play defender so well to the point of wrapping around the wave counter? That game is so impossible to play, like the successor Robotron 2084. Interesting, after the first computer using the processor 6502, a strictly 8 bit processor, the second was using the Motorola 68k, 16 bit/32 bit which was more powerful than the 6809 used in Defender and Robotron. Williams adopted the TMS34010, a strange processor which addresses any memory using bit value instead of byte (8 bit, word (16 bit) or other multiple.

[@shubhamo7a]

Steve this name has a greatness i think but no when i looked at steve Ballmer DEVLOPERS DEVLOPERS DEVLOPERS DEVLOPERS

[@_nom_]

My dad's work colleague invited him to New Zealand for an Apple convention, to his surprise - He turned up! So he stayed with the colleague. Much respect to this guy.

[@cassiesammy4213]

Nom

[@RogerBarraud]

@@cassiesammy4213 n0m

[@george78779]

Woz and Job were best formulae, to build a great company.....

[@ArunGoyalAtWork]

Respect

[@WhallonJesse]

"Took a year off to pay my way through Berkley". LOL, good luck doing that now.

[@neardood1]

Hahaha I had no idea Woz was such a mad dog back in the day

[@xBrOwNeDoG]

"berkley was a symbol of free speech"... not so much these days.

[@noleftturnunstoned]

Back in the day when school was so inexpensive you could work to pay for it.

[@sudocatsda1guy390]

The blu box story literally happened in Masters Of The Universe

[@tajabdullah.malaysia]

Bought my first MacBook in 2013, still using it without any problems till now in 2022.

[@spondoolie6450]

Rocky Raccoon Clark is pretty awesome!

[@did4h2k]

"...someday we will work 4 days instead of 5...." - nice thought ;) tell that to my 6-7 day week ;)

[@kingmike40]

Its funny that the guy who basically invented apple computer is using paper for notes and not an IPad or a Iphone.

[@RogerBarraud]

Paper don't crash... ...and if it does, you just pick it back up off the floor. OTOH if it *burns*,... :-/

[@PromotingTheBeat]

Steve Jobs & Woz are 2 sides of the same coin. One was the creator the other the visionary, neither one could I ever get sick of listening to. Great talk here, hilarious pranks lol.

[@garyamalan4426]

He is famous because of the other Steve🙂

[@companybroadcast2890]

the other steve is overrated. Thanks to propaganda

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

Without Wozniak, Apple will not started. Without Jobs, Apple will not beaome huge

[@mysteriousbillionaire7349]

the guy deserves a movie

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Maybe I have aspbergers too cause thats how I talk and people say they cant follow what im saying. I can follow what hes saying pretty well

[@minyminions7064]

Jobs had fame and Woz has happiness

[@Lykineveryone]

No wonder the guy is so successful with his different attitude towards life.:)

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

"Berkeley was a symbol of free speech in those days."

[@starguy2718]

My, how times have changed.

[@ktils]

I love you WOZ

[@NickCreatesArt]

He is the quintessential definition of joy, happiness, and passion! I hated his portrayal in the Sorkin film.

[@mojoblues66]

If yuo want to know what kind of genius Woz is, compare the Disk Drive ][ Card that he designed, to the Commodore 1541 drive.

[@starguy2718]

Leigh Steinberg ("The Color Of Money") was the RA, at his Berkeley dorm.