I volunteered at a conference series where Steve Wozniak was a regular attendee.
As anybody who has ever worked a generic job knows, some people treat you like people, and some treat you like a used tissue. This particular conference had an amazing volunteer crew that had been together for years, many of whom had serious day jobs: brilliant designers, high-tech executives, etc. Knowing that the volunteers were gems, I knew that how the famous conference speakers treated them was all about the speakers. I didn't think famous people would really do the, "Do you know who I am?" thing, but I saw it happen.
Anyhow, Wozniak was one of the best. Warm, friendly, genuine. I remember one year he showed us a magic-shop gizmo he had just acquired, delighted by the cool effect they had contrived. Since I had grown up hacking on my Apple ][+ and kinda idolizing him, it was both a pleasure and a relief to learn that he was just as swell to everybody as you'd expect him to be.
As anybody who has ever worked a generic job knows, some people treat you like people, and some treat you like a used tissue. This particular conference had an amazing volunteer crew that had been together for years, many of whom had serious day jobs: brilliant designers, high-tech executives, etc. Knowing that the volunteers were gems, I knew that how the famous conference speakers treated them was all about the speakers. I didn't think famous people would really do the, "Do you know who I am?" thing, but I saw it happen.
Anyhow, Wozniak was one of the best. Warm, friendly, genuine. I remember one year he showed us a magic-shop gizmo he had just acquired, delighted by the cool effect they had contrived. Since I had grown up hacking on my Apple ][+ and kinda idolizing him, it was both a pleasure and a relief to learn that he was just as swell to everybody as you'd expect him to be.