Wozniak - IWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Here I am getting ready to work with Ginain 2006. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

People used to go to Caltech games just to see my dad play. Here he is in uniform. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Heres my mom and dads wedding picture. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

They tell me I was reading at three. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

My dad and the three of us siblings. From left: me, Mark, and Leslie. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Here I am at eleven, in Little League. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

At eleven, I was one of the youngest ham radio operators in the world. But I got bored. No one my age to talk to! (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Here I am at thirteen showing off my science-fair-winning Adder/Subtractor. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Here I am at thirteen in 1963, graduating from junior high. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Heres Allen Baum and me (left) showing off our Brazilian Best Wishes banner, to shake things up at our old high schoolthen Steve Jobs. Allen and I had graduated four years earlier. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

Young Steve Jobs and me in 1974, with the Blue Box I designed. (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Wozniak)

In 1978, Apple got a real office! Here I am testing some new hardware. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

Oh, how times have changed! Apples headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino are pictured here. (Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

My friend Dan Sokol gave me this framed Apple I circuit board as a thirtieth birthday gift. It was displayed in the Apple lobby for years. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

Before we had the volume to pay for plastic cases, a lot of our customers would cover the Apple I board with a wooden case, often made of Koa wood. (Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

The Apple IImy creationis the computer that changed the world. So they tell me. ( Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

The Apple III was the computer that was designed by committee. Apple pushed it like crazy, but the majority of people still wanted the Apple II. (Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan awarded Steve and me the U.S. Technology Medal in 1985. (Photograph courtesy of The White House)

Here I am the day we opened up the US Festival in 1983. It lost money, but I enjoyed every minute of it. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

Here I am with my second wife, Candi, and then Van Halen star David Lee Roth. We were at the party before one of Van Halens US Festival appearances. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

Singer Emmylou Harris is a longtime friend of mine. She sang at my wedding and played at my US Festival. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)

Here I am with my second wife, Candi. She is the mother of my three children. (Photograph courtesy of Dan Sokol)