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| | name = Steve Wozniak | |||
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| | birth_name = Stephen Gary Wozniak<ref name="iWoz" />{{rp|18}} | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|8|11}} | |||
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| | nationality = American | |||
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| | spouse= {{marriage|Alice Robertson |1976|1980}}<br />{{marriage|] |1981|1987}}<br />{{marriage|Suzanne Mulkern |1990|2004}}<br/>{{marriage|Janet Hill|2008}} | |||
| | religion = Atheist/agnostic<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/519/000023450/#FN1</ref> | |||
| | children = 3 | |||
| | callsign = ex-WA6BND (ex-WV6VLY) | |||
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| | alias = Stephen Wozniak<ref name="iWoz" />{{rp|18}}<br/>Woz | |||
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| '''Stephen Gary''' "'''Steve'''" '''Wozniak'''<ref name="iWoz" />{{rp|18}} (born August 11, 1950),<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|title=Stephen Wozniak|url=http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-wozniak-9537334|work=biography|publisher=biography.com|accessdate=April 6, 2012}}</ref> known as "'''Woz'''", is an American ], ], and ] who co-founded Apple Computer (now ]) with ] and ]. Wozniak single-handedly designed both the ] and ] computers in the late 1970s. These computers contributed significantly to the ].<ref name="mit">{{cite web|url=http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/161774-nolan-bushnell-appointed-to-atari-board/page__view__findpost__p__2001071 |title=Nolan Bushnell Appointed to Atari Board — AtariAge Forums — Page 30 |publisher=Atariage.com |date=April 29, 2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| ==Names== | |||
| The name on Wozniak's birth certificate is "Stephan Gary Wozniak", but Steve's mother said that she intended it to be spelled "Stephen", and "Stephen" is what he uses.<ref name="iWoz"/>{{rp|18}} | |||
| Wozniak has been referred to frequently by the nickname "Woz", "The Wonderful Wizard of Woz", or "The Woz".;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-03-steve-the-woz-wozniak-2011-isaac-asimov-science-awar|title=STEVE "THE WOZ" WOZNIAK: 2011 ISAAC ASIMOV SCIENCE AWARD|publisher=American Humanist Association|author=Sean Mulligan|accessdate=May 13, 2012}}</ref> "WoZ" (short for "]") is also the name of a company Wozniak founded. | |||
| In the early 1970s Wozniak was also known as "Berkeley Blue" in the ] community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lapsley |first=Phil |url=http://www.salon.com/2013/02/16/from_phreaks_to_apple_steve_jobs_and_steve_wozniaks_eureka_moment/ |title=From "phreaks" to Apple: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s "eureka!" moment |publisher=Salon.com |date=February 16, 2013 |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life and career== | |||
| Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, the son of Margaret Elaine (Kern) and Jacob Francis "Jerry" Wozniak. He is of Polish and German ancestry on his father's side, and of German, Irish, and English descent on his mother's.<ref>. Wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com (December 28, 1925). Retrieved on August 24, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.woz.org/letters/general/63.html |title=Letters-General Questions Answered |publisher=Woz.org |date=March 1, 2000 |accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| In a 2007 interview with ], Wozniak recounted how and when he first met ]: "We first met in 1971 during my college years, while he was in high school. A friend said, 'you should meet Steve Jobs, because he likes electronics and he also plays pranks.' So he introduced us." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3396207 |title=Three Minutes With Steve Wozniak |publisher=ABCNews.go.com |date=July 20, 2007 |accessdate=November 10, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| In 1973, Jobs was working for ] company ] in ].<ref name="intoday1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-visit-gave-a-vision-to-steve-jobs/1/154785.html |title=An exclusive interview with Daniel Kottke|publisher=India Today|date=September 13, 2011 |accessdate=October 27, 2011 |archiveurl=http://archive.is/20120916/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-visit-gave-a-vision-to-steve-jobs/1/154785.html |archivedate=September 16, 2012}}</ref> He was assigned to create a ] for the arcade video game '']''. According to Atari co-founder ], Atari offered $100 for each chip that was eliminated in the machine. Jobs had little specialized knowledge of circuit board design and made a deal with Wozniak to split the fee evenly between them if Wozniak could minimize the number of chips. Wozniak reduced the number of chips by 50 by using ] for the brick representation. Too complex to test at the time, the fact that this prototype also had no scoring or coin mechanisms meant Woz's prototype could not be used. Jobs was paid regardless. | |||
| Jobs told him that Atari gave them only $700 (instead of the offered $5,000), and that Wozniak's share was thus $350.<ref name="breakout">, Woz.org<br /> Wozniak, Steven: "]", a: pp. 147–48, b: p. 180. ], 2006. ISBN 978-0-393-06143-7<br /> Kent, Stevn: "The Ultimate History of Video Games", pp. 71–3. Three Rivers, 2001. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=detail&id=3397|title=Breakout|publisher=Arcade History|date=June 25, 2002|accessdate=April 19, 2010}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=395|title=Classic Gaming: A Complete History of Breakout|publisher=GameSpy|accessdate=April 19, 2010 |archiveurl=http://archive.is/20120708/http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=395 |archivedate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> Wozniak did not learn about the actual bonus until ten years later, but said that if Jobs had told him about it and had said he needed the money, Wozniak would have given it to him. | |||
| ==Apple Computer== | |||
| ===Origins of Apple=== | |||
| In 1971 Wozniak's friend ] introduced Steve Jobs to him. At the time Fernandez and Jobs were attending ]. Jobs and Wozniak became friends when Jobs worked for the summer at ] (HP), where Wozniak too was employed, working on a ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=Jeffrey S.|title=Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward|publisher=Lynx Books|date=December 1988|isbn=1-55802-378-X}}</ref> Also in 1971 Wozniak withdrew from the ], only one year after enrolling. | |||
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| In 1976, Wozniak developed the computer that eventually made him famous. By himself he designed the hardware, circuit board designs, and operating system for the ].<ref name="FireValley">{{cite book |title=Fire in the Valley|first1=Paul|last1=Freiberger|authorlink1=Paul Freiberger|last2=Swaine |first2= Michael |authorlink2= Michael Swaine (author)|year=2000 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-135892-7}}</ref> On June 29, 1975 Wozniak tested his first working prototype, displaying a few letters and running sample programs. It was the first time in history that a ] displayed on a TV screen was generated by a home computer.<ref name="iWoz"/> With the Apple I design, he and Jobs were largely working to impress other members of the ]-based ], a local group of electronics hobbyists interested in computing. The Club was one of several key centers which established the home hobbyist era, essentially creating the microcomputer industry over the next few decades. Unlike other Homebrew designs, the Apple had an easy-to-achieve video capability that drew a crowd when it was unveiled.<ref name="FireValley" /> | |||
| Jobs had the idea to sell the Apple I as a fully assembled ]. Wozniak, at first skeptical, was later convinced by Jobs that even if they were not successful they could at least say to their grandkids they had had their own company. Together they sold some of their possessions (such as Wozniak's HP ] and Jobs' ]), raised $1,300, and assembled the first boards in Jobs' bedroom and later (when there was no space left) in Jobs' garage. Wozniak's apartment in ] was filled with monitors, electronic devices, and some computer games Wozniak had developed. | |||
| On April 1, 1976, Jobs and Wozniak formed ]. Wozniak resigned from his job at ] and became the vice president in charge of research and development at Apple. Wozniak's Apple I was similar to the ], the first commercially available microcomputer, except the Apple I had no provision for internal expansion cards. With expansion cards the Altair could attach to a computer terminal and be programmed in ]. In contrast, the Apple I was a hobbyist machine. Wozniak's design included a $25 ] (]) on a single circuit board with 256 bytes of ], 4K or 8K bytes of ], and a 40-character by 24-row display controller. Apple's first computer lacked a case, power supply, keyboard, and display, components the user had to provide. | |||
| The Apple I sold for $666.66. (Wozniak later said he had no idea about the relation between the number and the ], and "I came up with because I like repeating digits.") Jobs and Wozniak sold their first 50 system boards to ], who was starting a new computer shop, called the Byte Shop, in ].<ref name="iWoz">Wozniak, S. G.; Smith, G. (2006), ''].'' ]</ref> | |||
| After the success of the Apple I, Wozniak designed the ], the first personal computer that had the ability to display color graphics, and BASIC programming language built-in.<ref name="iWoz"/> During the design stage, Steve Jobs argued that the Apple II should have two ]s, while Wozniak wanted six. After a heated argument, during which Wozniak had threatened for Jobs to 'go get himself another computer', they decided to go with eight slots. The Apple II became one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers. | |||
| ===Employment with Apple=== | |||
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| Wozniak enjoyed engineering, not management, and as other engineers joined the growing company he no longer felt needed at Apple. He did not immediately return after recovering from an ] in February 1981, seeing it as a good reason to leave.{{r|byte198501}} In May 1982 and 1983, Wozniak sponsored two ]s to celebrate evolving technologies; they ended up as a technology exposition and a rock festival as a combination of music, computers, television and people. In 1983 he returned to Apple product development, desiring no more of a role than that of an engineer and a motivational factor for the Apple workforce.<ref name="iWoz"/> | |||
| He married ] and returned to UC Berkeley under the name "Rocky Clark" (] was his dog's name and Clark his wife's maiden name), earning his undergraduate degree in ] and ]s (EECS) in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-14/news/vw-5389_1_steve-wozniak|title=A UC Berkeley Degree Is Now the Apple of Steve Wozniak's Eye|author=Harriet Stix|date=May 14, 1986|publisher=]|quote=Rocky Clark is Apple computer creator Steve Wozniak. He used an alias at UC Berkeley because, he said, 'I knew I wouldn't have time enough to be an A+ student.' Rocky was the first name of his dog Rocky Raccoon, and Clark his wife Candice's last name. }}</ref><ref>]: ''Steve Jobs'', Chapter Four – "Atari and India" pp. 104–107. Simon & Schuster (October 24, 2011) ISBN 1-4516-4855-3</ref> | |||
| Wozniak permanently ended his full-time employment with Apple on February 6, 1987, 12 years after having created the company. Wozniak remains an employee of Apple and receives a stipend, estimated to be $120,000 per year.<ref name="iWoz"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/08/25/exp.piers.wozniak.jobs.reaction.cnn | work=CNN | title=CNN.com Video}}</ref><ref name="wozemployee">, Woz.org</ref> He is also an Apple shareholder.<ref name="wozstock"> March 2, 2000, Fool.com</ref> He also maintained connections with Steve Jobs until Jobs' death in October 2011,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krishnamoorthy|first1=Anand|last2=Li|first2=Susan|title=Jobs’s Death Was Like Lennon, JFK Getting Shot, Wozniak Says|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-06/jobs-s-death-was-like-lennon-jfk-getting-shot-wozniak-says.html|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=October 7, 2011}}</ref> although, in 2006, Wozniak stated that he and Jobs were not close friends.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peterson |first=Kim |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002929498_wozqa14.html |title=Steve Wozniak Q & A |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=April 16, 2006 |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Even with the success he helped create at Apple, Wozniak felt that Apple was a hindrance to become who he wanted to be and that it was "the bane of his existence".<ref name="Flatow" /> One thing he wanted to do was teach elementary school because of the important role teachers play in students' lives. Eventually, he did teach computer classes to children from the fifth through ninth grades and teachers as well.<ref name="Flatow">Flatow, Ira. ''Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature''. USA: HarperCollins, 2007. 263-4. Print.</ref> | |||
| In a 2013 interview, Wozniak said that the Macintosh "failed" under Steve Jobs, and that it wasn't until Jobs left that it became a success. Jobs called the Lisa group, the team that had kicked Jobs out, idiots for making the Lisa computer too expensive. To compete with the Lisa, Jobs and his new team produced a cheaper computer, one that, according to Wozniak, was "weak", "lousy" and "still at a fairly high price". "He made it by cutting the RAM down, by forcing you to swap disks here and there", says Wozniak. He attributed the eventual success of the Macintosh to people like John Sculley "who worked to build a Macintosh market when the Apple II went away".<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Wozniak on Newton, Tesla, and why the original Macintosh was a 'lousy' product|url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4468314/steve-wozniak-on-how-the-newton-changed-his-life|accessdate=June 28, 2013|archiveurl=http://archive.is/iGZQl|archivedate=June 28, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Post-Apple career== | |||
| Wozniak founded a new venture called ], which developed and brought the first programmable ] to market in 1987.<ref name="iWoz"/> | |||
| Wozniak also taught fifth-grade students. | |||
| In 2001, Wozniak founded ] (WOZ), to create wireless ] technology to "help everyday people find everyday things much more easily." In 2002, he joined the Board of Directors of ], joining ], ], Mike Connor, and ] co-founder ], all Apple alumni, in a new ] venture. Later the same year he joined the Board of Directors of ], the maker of the ] (a.k.a. Side Kick from T-Mobile). | |||
| In 2006, Wheels of Zeus was closed, and Wozniak founded ], a ] for acquiring technology companies and developing them, with Apple alumni ] and ]. | |||
| In September 2006, Wozniak published his autobiography, ''].'' It was co-authored by writer Gina Smith. | |||
| In March 2006, Wozniak attended the ] National Competition in Atlanta to show off ] robots.<ref name="FIRST">Weisman, Robert (March 25, 2006). , The Boston Globe.</ref> In 2010, he attended another FIRST event, a regional event in downtown Phoenix Arizona at the ]. In 2012, he attended and was a judge at another FIRST event, the FRC Las Vegas Regional. | |||
| In September 2007, Wozniak joined ] as an Advisory Board Member.<ref></ref> | |||
| In February 2009, Wozniak joined ], a data storage and server company, in ], ] as their chief scientist.<ref> ] February 4, 2009.</ref> | |||
| On November 18, 2010, Wozniak gave a speech at the '']'' at the ] in ] in which he predicted that Android would be dominant over the iPhone market-wise but the iPhone would retain the quality edge.<ref>, Nexus404.com, November 18, 2010.</ref> | |||
| On June 9, 2011, Wozniak joined members of ]’s management team to celebrate the company’s first day of trading on the ] by ringing The Opening Bell.<ref> ] New York, June 9, 2011.</ref> | |||
| On October 20, 2011, Wozniak delivered a ] presentation entitled "Today’s Science Fiction, Tomorrow’s Science Fact" at IP EXPO, a ] which took place at ] in ].<ref> IPEXPO ONLINE Fri, October 21, 2011.</ref> | |||
| On November 14, 2011, Wozniak was the keynote speaker at "Rutgers Entrepreneurship Day" at ] in ].<ref> Rutgers Professional Science Masters Webpage, April 15, 2012.</ref> | |||
| On May 16, 2012, Wozniak talked at the "WOZ Live" event at the ], Australia.<ref>{{dead link|date=June 2013}} Enterprise Melbourne Webpage.</ref> | |||
| On October 20, 2012, Wozniak talked at the "Tijuana Innovadora 2012" event at the ], in Tijuana, Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tijuanainnovadora.com/2012/eng/conferencistas.php?id=7 |title=Conference Speakers: Stephen Gary Wozniak |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Tijuana Innovadora |publisher= |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ], Australia, May 16, 2012]] | |||
| ===Philanthropy=== | |||
| Since leaving Apple, Wozniak has provided all the money, as well as a good amount of on-site technical support, for the technology program in his local school district.<ref name="iWoz"/> Un.U.Son. (Unite Us In Song), an organization Wozniak formed to organize the two US Festivals, is now primarily tasked with supporting his educational and philanthropic projects.<ref name="iWoz"/> In 1986, Wozniak lent his name to the ''Stephen G. Wozniak Achievement Awards'' (popularly known as ''Wozzie Awards''), which he presented to six Bay Area high school and college students for their innovative use of computers in the fields of business, art and music. More recently, Woz was the subject of a student-made film production of his friend's () nonprofit for high-level need youth entitled '.' | |||
| ===Honors and awards=== | |||
| In 1979, Wozniak was awarded the ACM ]. In 1985, Wozniak received the ] (with Steve Jobs) from US President ].<ref name="iWoz"/> In December 1989, he received an honorary ] degree from the ], where he studied in the late sixties.<ref name="uofc">{{cite web| last = Seibold| first = Chris| title = This Day in Apple History December 28, 1989: Woz Gets Honorary Doctorate, Dish Incident Forgotten| url=http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/history/2006/12/28/| accessdate = July 31, 2007| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> Later he donated funds to create the "Woz Lab" at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1997, he was named a Fellow of the ]. Wozniak was a key contributor and benefactor to the ]; the street in front of the museum has been renamed Woz Way in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=woz+way,+san+jose,+ca&t=h&ll=37.326361,-121.891733&spn=0.003686,0.008497&t=h |title=maps.google.com |publisher=maps.google.com |date=January 1, 1970 |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| In September 2000, Wozniak was inducted into the ],<ref> — National Inventors Hall of Fame.</ref> and in 2001 he was awarded the 7th Annual ] for Technology, the Economy and Employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/steve-wozniak |title=The Heinz Awards, Steve Wozniak profile |publisher=Heinzawards.net |date= |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> The ] awarded him the ] in 2011. | |||
| In December 2005, Wozniak was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from ].<ref> — Kettering University List of Honorary Degrees.</ref> | |||
| He also received honorary degrees from ]<ref name="NCSU"> — North Carolina State University List of Honorary Degrees.</ref> and ], and the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology. In May 2011, Wozniak received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commencement.msu.edu/ |title=Commencement | MSU Commencement |publisher=Commencement.msu.edu |date= |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> In June 2012, Wozniak was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Santa Clara University. | |||
| He was awarded the Global Award of the President of Armenia for Outstanding Contribution to Humanity Through IT in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalitaward.am/en/laureate2.html |title=Global Award of the President of Armenia for Outstanding Contribution to Humanity Through IT |publisher=Globalitaward.am |date= |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| On February 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, Steve Wozniak was awarded the 66th Hoover Medal from IEEE President & CEO J. Roberto de Marca. The award is presented to an engineer whose professional achievements and personal endeavors have advanced the well-being of humankind and is administered by a board representing five engineering organizations: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; and IEEE. | |||
| ===Honorary degrees=== | |||
| For his contributions to technology, Wozniak has been awarded a number of Honorary Doctor of Engineering degrees which include the following: | |||
| * University of Colorado at Boulder: 1989 | |||
| * North Carolina State University: 2004<ref name="NCSU"/> | |||
| * Kettering University: 2005 | |||
| * Nova Southeastern University: 2005 | |||
| * ESPOL University in Ecuador: 2008 | |||
| * Michigan State University: 2011 | |||
| * Concordia University in Montreal Canada: June 22, 2011 | |||
| * State Engineering University of Armenia: November 11, 2011 | |||
| * Santa Clara University: June 16, 2012 | |||
| * University Camilo Jose Cela in Madrid, Spain: November 8, 2013 | |||
| * Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in Lima, Peru: November 22, 2013 | |||
| ===Patents=== | |||
| Wozniak is listed as the sole inventor on the following patents: | |||
| * US Patent No. 4,136,359: "Microcomputer for use with video display"<ref>, US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database.</ref>—for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. | |||
| * US Patent No. 4,210,959: "Controller for magnetic disc, recorder, or the like"<ref> US Patent 4210959.</ref> | |||
| * US Patent No. 4,217,604: "Apparatus for digitally controlling ] color display"<ref> US Patent 4217604.</ref> | |||
| * US Patent No. 4,278,972: "Digitally-controlled color signal generation means for use with display"<ref> US Patent 4278972.</ref> | |||
| ===Film=== | |||
| *'']'', a 2013 film about the life of Steve Jobs. Wozniak is portrayed by ]. | |||
| *'']'' a 2013 documentary featuring Wozniak. | |||
| *''Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy'', a 2009 documentary.<ref>{{IMDB title|id=1227767|title=Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy}}</ref> | |||
| *'']'', a 2001 documentary film featuring Wozniak. | |||
| *'']''{{spaced ndash}} a 1999 ] film which chronicles the rise of Apple and ] from 1971 to 1997. Wozniak is portrayed by ]. | |||
| *'']'', a 1996 PBS documentary series about the rise of the personal computer. | |||
| ===Television=== | |||
| After seeing her stand-up performance in ], Wozniak began dating comedian ].<ref name="bestweek">{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Michelle|title=VH1 Best Week Ever — Off The Market: Kathy Griffin Finds a New Man!| url=http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/08/17/off-the-market-kathy-griffin-finds-a-new-man/|accessdate=September 18, 2007|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070820012223/http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/08/17/off-the-market-kathy-griffin-finds-a-new-man/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archivedate=August 20, 2007}}</ref> Together, they attended the ],<ref name="ceosmack">{{cite web|title=Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Escorted Comedian Kathy Griffin & Her Potty Mouth To The Emmy’s.|url=http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/09/18/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-escorted-comedian-kathy-griffin-her-potty-mouth-to-the-emmys/|accessdate=September 18, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=August 2009}}()</ref> and he subsequently made many appearances on the fourth season of her show '']''. Woz is on the show as her date for the ] award show. However, on a June 19, 2008 appearance on '']'', Griffin confirmed that they were no longer dating and decided to remain friends.<ref> June 19, 2008 — The Howard Stern Show.</ref> | |||
| Wozniak portrays a parody of himself in the first episode of the television series '']''; he plays the owner of Gameavision before selling it to help fund Apple. He later appears again in the twelfth episode when he is in ] at the annual Video Game Convention and sees Dave and Jerry. He also appears in a parody of the "Get a Mac" ads featured in the final episode of ''Code Monkeys''' second season. Wozniak is also interviewed and featured in the documentary '']'' and on BBC. | |||
| Wozniak competed on Season 8 of '']'' in 2009<ref> from '']''. Retrieved on February 8, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7741472.stm|title=Why Apple founders got 'fired up.'|accessdate=February 5, 2009|date=November 21, 2008| publisher=BBC News}}</ref> where he danced with ]. Despite Wozniak and Smirnoff receiving 10 combined points from the three judges out of 30, the lowest score of the evening, he remained in the competition. He later posted on a ] site that he felt that the vote count was not legitimate and suggested that the ''Dancing with the Stars'' judges had lied about the vote count to keep him on the show.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 17, 2009|last=Matyszczyk|first= Chris|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10198341-71.html?tag=mncol;txt|title=Woz in ABC 'outright lie' accusation|publisher=CNET}}</ref> After being briefed on the method of judging and vote counting, he retracted and apologized for his statements.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 19, 2009|last= Fashingbauer Cooper|first=Gael|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29777570/|title=Wozniak sorry he called ‘Dancing’ show ‘fake’| publisher=MSNBC}}</ref> Despite suffering a pulled ] and a fracture in his foot, Wozniak continued to compete,<ref> People.com, March 23, 2009.</ref> but was eliminated from the competition on March 31, with a score of 12 out of 30 for an ].<ref>, by Kara Swisher, April 1, 2009, All Things Digital.</ref> | |||
| On September 30, 2010, he appeared as himself on '']'' season 4 episode "]". While dining in ] where Penny works, he is approached by a (robot) Sheldon (which is Remote Presence on a ]). Leonard tries to explain to Penny who Wozniak is, but she says she already knows him from ''Dancing with the Stars''. | |||
| On September 30, 2013, he appeared along with Apple alum ] and ] on the television show '']'' to discuss the movie '']''. | |||
| ] for a fan during an appearance at the Axiotron booth during ] 2009.]] | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Wozniak lives in ]. | |||
| He is a ], despite not believing in a supreme being (which is required by Masonic rules). Wozniak describes his impetus for joining the Freemasons as being able to spend more time with his wife at the time, Alice. Alice belonged to the ], associated with the Masons. Wozniak has said that he quickly rose to a third degree Freemason because, whatever he does, he tries to do well. He was initiated in 1979 at Charity Lodge No. 362 in ], now part of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 292 in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/wozniak_s/wozniak_s.html |title=A Few Famous Masons |work= |publisher=Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon |accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Wozniak is married to Janet Hill.<ref> from ''Apple 2.0" on CNNMoney</ref> He has three children from a previous marriage. | |||
| On his religious views, Wozniak called himself an "atheist or agnostic".<ref>{{cite web|title=Letters-General Questions Answered|url=http://archive.woz.org/letters/general/72.html|publisher=Unuson Corp|accessdate=June 20, 2013|author=Steve Wozniak|location=Los Gatos, California|year=2002|quote=I am also atheist or agnostic (I don't even know the difference). I've never been to church and prefer to think for myself. I do believe that religions stand for good things, and that if you make irrational sacrifices for a religion, then everyone can tell that your religion is important to you and can trust that your most important inner faiths are strong.}}</ref> | |||
| He is a member of a ] team, the Silicon Valley Aftershocks. | |||
| His favorite video game is '']''.<ref>, by Daniel Terdiman, December 11, 2007, Geek Gestalt on CNET News.</ref> In the 1990s he submitted so many high scores for the game to '']'' that they would no longer print his scores, so he started sending them in under the alphabetically reversed "Evets Kainzow".<ref>, by Steve Wozniak, Undated, Woz.org</ref> | |||
| ===Airplane crash=== | |||
| On February 7, 1981, the ] A36TC Wozniak was piloting crashed soon after takeoff from the ] in ], ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tirrell|first=Rick|title=The wisdom of resilience builders : how our best leaders create the world's most enduring enterprises|year=2009|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=1449053238|page=236}}</ref> The plane stalled while climbing, then bounced down the runway, went through two fences, and crashed into an embankment. Wozniak and his three passengers, then-fiance ], her brother and his girlfriend, were injured. Wozniak sustained severe face and head injuries, including losing a tooth, and also suffered for five weeks after the crash from ], the inability to create new memories. He had no memory of the crash, and did not remember his name in the hospital or the things he did after he was released from the hospital.<ref name="byte198501">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1985-01/1985_01_BYTE_10-01_Through_the_Hourglass#page/n167/mode/2up | title=The Apple Story / Part 2: More History and the Apple III | work=BYTE | date=January 1985 | accessdate=October 26, 2013 | author=Williams, Gregg; Moore, Rob | pages=166 | type=interview}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=O'Grady|first=Jason D.|title=Apple Inc.|year=2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0313362440|page=27}}</ref> The ] investigation report cited premature liftoff and pilot inexperience as probable causes of the crash.<ref>{{cite book|last=Linzmayer|first=Owen W.|title=Apple confidential 2.0 : the definitive history of the world's most colorful company|year=2004|publisher=No Starch Press|location=San Francisco, Calif.|isbn=1593270100|pages=28–30|edition=.}}</ref> | |||
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| * ] | |||
| * '']'' | |||
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