So we went off to Las Vegas, and Randy and I worked all night and we got it done to where it was working. Then I got it to work with shifting tracks, and we wanted a simple program where we would say "run checkbook" or "run color math" and it would run the programs that were stored on the floppy disk. Then I got it to where it was reading the data in the right byte positions. I got it to where it was writing data on a track, reading the data on a track. I came in every single day leading up to, I think it was January 3 or 5, when we went off to Las Vegas. So I sat down and designed the floppy disk, and Randy Wigginton (he was the guy just out of high school) and I came in every single day including Christmas and New Years for 2 weeks. I always had these little fictitious motivations that motivated me and got me to do such great work. "This was two weeks away and Mike Markkula said yes. Long excerpt from his amazing Founders at Work interview. Woz is a real hacker, if not one of the best ever. Save whatever you can get from these guys. This seems to be the pattern with semi-famous labors of love with cult followings. If I had to bet about the value of their work, I'd say it drops off short-term (next 20 years) then becomes super valuable around 2030 or so. Of course, just like the game plays out, it might all amount to nothing. They're going to be worth something one day. If you're collecting these crayon receipts? Save them. I'm left with one conclusion: this is art. Somebody should set them up with an annuity so they can a) continue, b) learn to live without worrying about money, and c) tell stories to kids 40 years from now about how it all came together I got the impression they would continue doing this no matter what their financial circumstances. They're a much better representation of the inner hacker in all of us than those stories of riches and fame. These guys are living the life just because they love it. Not Carmack, Woz, Bill, or Zuck, or all the super-cool guys that made the bucks and then coasted (technically).