Comment by musicale
14 days ago
Remarkable interview.
It's amazing that she wrote the Mac documentation without actually having access to a working development system.
I also like the idea that writers should be embedded in the software group.
The "joy and excitement" and camaraderie of the Mac group is interesting as well, as a key to its success.
Interesting that the Mac group worked in one room.
Surprising that (pre-ADA) she could legally be fired from NeXT for having an RSI disability.
And that Jobs fired her again (as part of shutting down Apple's technical journal, presumably to cut costs) after he returned to Apple.
"I didn't want to work for IBM. IBM was the enemy.", she said, especially after IBM had declined to hire her.
"You were there for us when we needed you, we'll be there for you, now that you need us", said Steve Jobs, before NeXT fired Caroline Rose, when her RSI became debilitating. After talking to a labor lawyer, she went back to NeXT and got her NeXT shares vested - which turned into AAPL shares when Apple bought NeXT.
Title at develop magazine was "editor in cheek"
Pretty amazing, huh. I'm going through some other interviews: currently Bas Ording