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Birth
Steve Wozniak is born in San Jose California, on August the 11th, 1950. Steve has stated that Tom Swift Jr books were his inspiration for becoming an engineer. -
Getting Expelled
During his first semester at the University of Colorado Steve was expelled after he was caught hacking the University's computer system. Steve would later enroll in Berkley but later drop out to pursue his passion. -
Meeting Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak first met Steve Jobs from a mutual friend of theirs, before this the two had never but but thanks to their friend Bill Fernandez we got one of the greatest duos. -
Blue Box
Before Wozniak created the apple 1 he created the Blue Box which allowed the user to make long distance calls for free. This would be the first collaboration of Wozniak and Jobs. -
Apple 1
The apple 1 was designed by Steve Wozniak himself and was made with the intention for hobbyist like himself. -
Co-founded Apple
After Steve Wozniak showed his design of the apple 1 to Steve Jobs the two knew there was great potential and began to collaborate and would start The Apple Computer Company -
Apple 2
After the launch of The Apple Company and the Apple 1 Wozniak built off the design of the apple 1 and made it better and today is still considered one of the most influential computers to ever be created. -
Going Back to School
After Wozniak began to recover from his accident he decided to reenroll in Berkley to finish his degree in electrical engineering and computer science where he would later graduate in 1986 -
Plane Crash
Wozniak was piloting a plane with his fiancé when he abruptly crashed leaving him with temporary amnesia and minor injuries to the people on the plane. -
US Festivals
in 1982 and 1983 Steve Wozniak used his new acquired wealth to finance a music festival that brought together some of the greatest artist the music industry had to offer -
Leaving Apple
Wozniak had slowly been drifting from Apple due to creative differences and after his hiatus from his accident in 1981 this only helped his decision as he left apple in 1985. -
The National Medal of Technology
In 1985 Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology for his innovating work of the pc -
Starting CL 9
In 1987 Wozniak started his own company CL9 where he designed the first universal remote -
Teacher
After his departure from Apple Wozniak decided to pursue a career in education by becoming teacher and teaching computer literacy to elementary middle school and high school students. -
iWoz
In 2006 Wozniak released an autobiography where it became a New York Times best seller