Review: Revolution in the Valley
Andy Hertzfeld’sRevolution in the Valleycollects a selection of the stories about the development of the Macintosh told onFolklore.orgin a nicely designed hardcover book.
The main difference between the book and the website is that some extra editing has been done, and there are more photos in the book, including scans from Hertzfeld’s own engineering notebook.
Basically, if you like the website, you’ll love the book. One caveat for both the book and website is that if you are unfamiliar with the basic history of Apple and the Macintosh, a lot of the stories will seem like non-sequiturs, but for anybody interested in this piece of the history of the personal computer, the stories are endearing and create a series of intimate snapshots of the culture inside the Macintosh team.
Andy Hertzfeld has done a great service for both the Mac community and anybody interested in the history of personal computing with this work.
