# 262: Egg Freckles

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2018-09-28
- Length: 1h 08m
- Episode: 262
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/262-egg-freckles

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=6) Introduction: Noah Leon and the Apple Newton
- [4:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=255) The Newton's History and Early Technology
- [11:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=663) Handwriting Recognition: From Dictionary to Neural Nets
- [18:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=1086) The Cancellation and the Fan Community
- [19:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=1198) Making the Documentary: Crowdfunding and Filmmaking
- [24:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=1474) Interviewing Steve Capps, John Scully, and the Community
- [34:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=2060) Filmmaking Challenges and Advice
- [55:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-09-28-262-egg-freckles#t=3326) Future Projects and Charity

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Apple Newton (product)
- Love Notes to Newton (product)
- Moosefuel Media (company)
- Newton Talk (other)
- Be The Match (other)
- Defying Gravity (product)
- Silicon Cowboys (product)
- Palm Pilot (product)
- Blackberry (product)
- iPad (product)
- iPhone (product)
- Evernote (product)
- macOS (product)
- Remarkable (product)
- Compaq (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Xerox Park (company)
- Vimeo (company)
- Netflix (company)
- Apple (company)

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