[214.] Hello. Happy Anniversary Macintosh!

Happy 40th Anniversary, Macintosh! I was lucky enough to be at one of the right places at the right time and thought I'd share my story of why 1984 was not going to be like "1984".

The Apple Macintosh Super Bowl ad ran on January 22, 1984. Steve Jobs showed off Macintosh in person at the Flint Center in De Anza College, Cupertino, on Tuesday, January 24, 1984. I was a freshman in college, working in the shared computer facility. Here’s my story. Some of this was originally posted on LinkedIn a decade ago.

For me, January 1984 was t…