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8 Reasons Why Woz Still Matters

Sep 4, 2013, 06:26 IST

APSteve Wozniak.Of the three Apple cofounders, the two we know best couldn't have been more different from each other - Steve Wozniak was the yin to Steve Jobs' yang.

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Where one was noted for his aggressive, driven behavior, the other is commonly known to be a humble, affable guy. Where one was marketing-minded, the other was obsessively tech-minded. Steve Jobs liked LSD. Steve Wozniak used to run a dial-a-joke phone service.

Despite these disparate qualities, the two leaned on each other to get some incredible work done in the early days of Apple. It was there, in Wozniak's hands, that one of the first modern personal computers came together before Jobs brought incomparable passion to finding the best way to sell it.

If Steve Jobs is the heart of Apple, Steve Wozniak is the brain. Here's why this brain still matters some 30 years after those early days of Apple, which has seen him in many different roles, philanthropic, technological, and business-related alike.

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