[NTLK] Fwd: Love Notes on YouTube

[Forrest]

What happened to the rest of it?

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11

> On Aug 25, 2023, at 3:36 PM, Peter Fraser via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> 
> Forwarding comments on the film, and Newton itself, from someone we all know and admire (with his permission).
> 
> I think these heartfelt comments, from such a significant person, magnify the specialness of the Newton. Note also whom he decided to add to the discussion (I’ve masked their addresses).
> 
> IMPORTANT:
> 
> He’s asked me to remind you to please not send him any correspondence, because he is seriously inundated almost all the time, and it really causes issues. Despite your undoubtedly good intentions:  please, please don’t. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> — Peter
> pjfraser at mac.com
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: ʞɐıuzoʍ ǝʌǝʇs  <steve at woz.org>
>> Date: August 25, 2023 at 5:35:04 PM EDT
>> To: Peter Fraser <pjfraser at mac.com>
>> Cc: J Wozniak <xxx at woz.org>, John Sculley <xxx at xxx.com>, Diane Sculley <xxx at xxx.com>, Andy Hertzfeld <xxx at xxx.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Love Notes on YouTube
>> 
>> Thanks, Peter.
>> 
>> How great the Newton was. What an important part of my life it was. It took the world so long to catch up. How amazing that Apple could have supported so many bright developers.
>> 
>> Of my 8 years of teaching, usually with Macintosh laptops, my eMate year was the best. It was the only year that the teachers followed through and could actually use the product as well as their students, right down to creating and beaming assignments through a few layers, to all, and to the printer too. Everywhere I went I had the Newton on me to take notes and more. I’d plug my Newton into the old and slow AppleTalk connector at home and print the notes immediately on my LaserWriter.
>> 
>> One time I had to insure the instructor at a Driver Improvement course that I was not with the police or monitoring her, just using my favorite note-taking method. It was totally unheard of to be taking notes on some electronic device at the time.
>> 
>> I remember my first few minutes with a brand new Newton in the San Francisco Airport. I had just tried handwriting a bit, to see the recognition work, when I got a phone call and needed to write a reminder to myself. On my Newton, I wrote, by hand, “Sara dentist Tuesday 2pm”. I wanted to try a few buttons so I clicked on one called Assist and it opened the calendar with Tuesday marked “Dentist” and wi