Hardware Podcasts

262: Egg Freckles

Embedded.fm · 28 Sept 2018 · 1h 08m · Episode 262

What this episode covers

Noah Leon, a cinematographer and founder of Moosefuel Media, discusses his documentary 'Love Notes to Newton' about the Apple Newton PDA. He details the device's early development, the evolution of its handwriting recognition from a limited dictionary to Larry Yeager's neural network system, and the passionate community that kept the platform alive after Apple canceled it. Leon explains how he funded the film through crowdfunding and interviewed key figures like Steve Capps and John Scully to capture both the technical history and the human stories behind the device.

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founders before launch

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Mentioned

Companies
Moosefuel Media, Compaq, Microsoft, Xerox Park, Vimeo, Netflix, Apple
Products
Apple Newton, Love Notes to Newton, Defying Gravity, Silicon Cowboys, Palm Pilot, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, Evernote, macOS, Remarkable
Also
Newton Talk, Be The Match

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