LGR Tech Tales - General Magic: Creating the Cloud

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8 жыл бұрын

This episode covers the origin and demise of Apple spin-off company General Magic, and its impact on modern tech. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!
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● Main sources for info:
"Magic Cap Cellphone Demo August 1995" by Andy Hertzfeld
• Magic Cap Cellphone De...
"Bill Atkinson and General Magic" by TWiT Network
• Bill Atkinson and Gene...
"The Video That Launched The Smart Phone Revolution" by David Hoffman
• 1993 - The Smart Phon...
"What Is The Cloud - By AT&T" by David Hoffman
• What Is The Cloud - By...
"Classic PC/TV - Sony Magic Link PIC-1000" by PC/TV
• Classic PC/TV - Sony M...
"Why Smart Executives Fail", book by Sydney Finkelstein
www.amazon.com/Why-Smart-Exec...
"The Most Important Dead Company in Silicon Valley?" by Michael Kanellos
www.forbes.com/sites/michaelka...
"A History of Silicon Valley" by Piero Scaruffi
www.scaruffi.com/svhistory/sil...
"Communicating in the Magic Kingdom" by Lorri Grube
chiefexecutive.net/communicati...
"The DaveNet Letter" by Dave Winer
scripting.com/davenet/1995/02/...
"Bill and Andy’s Excellent Adventure II" by Steven Levy
www.wired.com/1994/04/general-...
● Background music credits:
"Nautical 2" by Loscil
• Loscil - Nautical2
"Milinda," "Swampwalk" by Diode Milliampere
diodemilliampere.bandcamp.com/
"S1gns Of L1fe - Stratosphere"
• S1gns Of L1fe - Strato...

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@pearofsalamanca 7 жыл бұрын

I hope whoever designed General Magic's logo is still doing graphic design work. Because I like it very much.

@Dan-TechAndMusic 7 жыл бұрын

Companies need to learn abput fair use, and government should do more to enforce it. This video is educational, so it falls fully under fair use. This is very frustrating to see!

@NineteenEightyFive 7 жыл бұрын

"the general magic alliance" sounds like a cult.

@Hannie_Bananie 7 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say that back during my senior year of high school ( just graduated in May, actually) my generalized anxiety disorder was in full swing. So I'd pull up a video of yours during work and whether due to your calming voice or the extremely descriptive content it would make all my unbearable anxiety and panic just vanish! Just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for making my high school experience so much easier, you're awesome man!

@Henchman1977 7 жыл бұрын

These are my favourite LGR segments, but they must take you weeks to put together.

@MrGeocidal 6 жыл бұрын

Even nowadays, they still make the foolish mistake of trying to make computers easy to use for the casual user.

@AndrewAMartin 5 жыл бұрын

Remember: there is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer...

@6581punk 4 жыл бұрын

What happened? Apple secretly were building the Newton using GM ideas they were privy to, they released it and it flopped, taking the wind out of the sales of GM.

@TheCgOrion 7 жыл бұрын

Your channel is absolutely top notch. Thank you for bringing your viewers such great information and perspective on the past. It's people like you that help bring us back from taking things for granted, and possibly educating the younger generations on where all these modern devices came from.

@technetium4761 4 жыл бұрын

So, what I'm getting from this is that Apple has been trying to build the iPhone since the late 1980s...

@stewartfullerton1965 7 жыл бұрын

I think the next Tech Tales should be Compuserve.

@Kellmachine 7 жыл бұрын

Tech Tales is an absolutely amazing series of videos and I'm so glad you keep making more!

@EposVox 7 жыл бұрын

I forgot I said on the original, but good stuff!

@daserfomalhaut9809 7 жыл бұрын

I really love the presentation of these because you don't try to force any cringeworthy humor or shoehorn "witty" nerd references. I don't like propping people up by vaguely tearing others down, but that REALLY gets annoying and I love that you typically don't do that. Just a seamless, informative, naturally entertaining video that doesn't waste any time.

@Nemu64 7 жыл бұрын

I would love it if you made a video about Netscape Navigator's and Internet Explorer's legendary battle.

@silicongraphics 7 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'm just going to watch this agian just because it was uploaded agian. And i love tech tales.

@eldoradomanchuria 7 жыл бұрын

I love these. I understand they may not get as many views as some of your others, but they are just so well done! The information is presented in an interesting, yet concise fashion. This really pulls in the attention of the viewer. I really hope you keep doing them. Thank you for the great content

@pwnt39 7 жыл бұрын

From a tweet: Just a heads-up: the most recent LGR Tech Tales episode on General Magic has been taken down due to copyright issues with a few video clips.