Daniel Kottke
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| Born | April 4, 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, Inventor |
Daniel Kottke (born April 4, 1954) is a U.S. computer engineer and one of the earliest employees of Apple Inc. His official employee number was 12, having been assigned a few months after he originally started working. His contribution to the personal computer revolution is undisputed as the engineer who assembled and tested the first Apple I computer with fellow computer designer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs's garage in 1976. Prior to the formation of Apple, Kottke was close friends with Jobs, whom he met at Reed College. The two men traveled to India backpacking around in search of spiritual enlightenment.
Kottke spent an additional 8 years with Apple debugging Apple II printed circuit boards and building Apple III and Macintosh prototypes as well as working on the design for the Macintosh keyboard. The Apple II gained a sizable amount of popularity, eventually becoming one of the best selling personal computers of the 1970s and early 1980s. Kottke was one of the original members of the Macintosh development team and his signature can be found embossed on the internal wall of early production Macintosh computers[1].
Kottke currently produces and hosts the "The Next Step" Cable access channel TV interview show in Silicon Valley which focuses on high-technology, spiritualism, holistic endeavors, the internet and social networking.
A resident of Palo Alto, California, he consults in technology development, plays keyboards with a band name "Quoi" and develops show concepts for "The Next Step."
See also
- Pirates of Silicon Valley - A movie based on the rise of Apple and Microsoft; Daniel Kottke is portrayed by actor Marcus Giamatti.
References
- ^ Hertzfeld, Andy, Signing Party
External links
- Original Mac Engineers Reunion
- Fire in the Valley- Silicon Valley and the making of the personal computer
- Daniel Kottke interview for MacHEADS the movie
Interviews
Videos
Biographical
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- American businesspeople
- American computer programmers
- American computer scientists
- American engineers
- Apple Inc. employees
- Apple II family
- Computer designers
- Computer pioneers
- Living people
- 1954 births
- People from Palo Alto, California
- Reed College alumni