As reported by Bloomberg, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has just given Balkan nationality to Stephan Gary Wozniak, Woz friends, co-founder of Apple. “Now we can proudly say that a computer genius is a Serbian,” » the president commented to the media at a time of extreme social tension, while Serbia will bring forward its legislative elections after months of protests. In fact, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic highlighted that this action is one of the many actions that the State is promoting in terms of technological education.
Steve Wozniak, of Ukrainian and Polish origin, confirms that his health is much better and has already recovered from the stroke he suffered while attending the World Business Forum in Santa Fe, Mexico. At that time, his wife reportedly said he was not feeling well, feeling “in a strange way,” although Woz refused medical attention. Shortly after, it was herself, Janet Hill, who ended up calling an ambulance after Woz passed out. After being transferred to ABC Santa Fe Medical Center, it was confirmed that he had suffered “an ischemic stroke event.” In any case, he is now out of danger.
Who is the Steve Wozniak behind the story we all know?
Wozniak has always been somewhat sarcastic and incredulous. But his apparent cynicism lies in a very noble but critical view of the computer industry. His critical and analytical views on artificial intelligence and companies like Meta are well known, debunking the birth of Apple or the marvelous achievements of Steve Jobs, who took more credit than his due.
For example, three buttons: Wozniak, for example, was in charge of the Breakout prototype that Atari ordered from Jobs, after several sleepless nights and without receiving a single dollar from the $5,000 bonus that the founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell, promised Jobs privately. He also helped make the impossibility of the Apple I a reality and found Jobs a job at Hewlett-Packard, a fundamental link for his future contacts.
However, Steve Wozniak didn’t even want to become a computer scientist. In fact, it was by tacit imposition, because it was the logical thing to do. A boy raised in Cupertino, son of a prestigious engineer from Lockheed Corporation, could not be anything else. After graduating from Homestead High School in 1968, by the spring of ’70, he had already designed the famous blue box that earned him the nickname “Berkeley Blue.” A kind of blue box even appears in The Simpsons and is nothing more than a phone hacking tool that hijacks the line to call for free.
The secret love of Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak loves music on his mother’s side. He never wanted to admit it, but He is an accomplished guitarist, but he has never been lavish nor has he dared to say it clearly. “In college, I read a few songbooks and started learning guitar by ear,” he said in an interview. “I’ve become a fan of certain guitars over others, but I don’t play well at the moment. I go to a lot of shows, but not the big, overproduced shows. I go to smaller venues in San Francisco. Ma wife and I attend about 50 concerts a year and I usually observe how they choose the guitar, how they get the sound.
A monster too. The one I would say only a few years ago”music is a big part of my life. It plays a vital role in creating the whole person.” In fact, in his passion for the guitar, he became friends with Steve Capps, the co-designer of Macintosh Finder, creator of the Jaminator, a digital guitar that he invented himself and which allowed him to play while working with the Newton software. You can see it in the following photo:
All that remains is to see this new Serbian Woz and his new companion from home, guitarist Goran Bregovic. Maybe they are collaborating on a cultural event? Regardless, Wozniak is now part of this great team of illustrious figures from the country like Novak Djokovic or Nikola Tesla. And may it be so for many more years.
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