<story><title>John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories</title><url>https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825593223&amp;id=100006735798590</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mylons</author><text>i just finished masters of doom&amp;#x27;s audiobook a week or so ago. it was the most addicting story i&amp;#x27;ve heard in some time, and elevated carmack even more in my mind.&lt;p&gt;the book was also strangely motivating.&lt;p&gt;have you (or anyone else) read anything else like masters of doom recently?</text></item><item><author>Arjuna</author><text>John mentioning his NeXT computer in this post reminded me of his NeXT computer purchase story from &lt;i&gt;Masters of Doom&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;On a cold winter day, Carmack laced up his shoes, slipped on his jacket, and headed out into the Madison snow. The town was blanketed in the stuff, cars caked in frost, trees dangling ice. Carmack endured the chill because he had no car; he&amp;#x27;d sold the MGB long before. It was easy enough for him to shut out the weather, just like he could, when necessary, shut Tom and Romero&amp;#x27;s antics out of his mind. He was on a mission.&lt;p&gt;Carmack stepped into the local bank and requested a cashier&amp;#x27;s check for $11,000. The money was for a NeXT computer, the latest machine from Steve Jobs, cocreator of Apple. The NeXT, a stealth black cube, surpassed the promise of Jobs&amp;#x27;s earlier machines by incorporating NeXTSTEP, a powerful system tailor-made for custom software development. The market for PCs and games was exploding, and this was the perfect tool to create more dynamic titles for the increasingly viable gaming platform. It was the ultimate Christmas present for the ultimate in young graphics programmers, Carmack.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>doomlaser</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a huge fan of the biography Jean Renoir (the acclaimed film director) wrote about his father, Auguste Renoir (the acclaimed Impressionist painter), &lt;i&gt;Renoir, My Father&lt;/i&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Renoir-My-Father-Jean&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B001MPDDME&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Renoir-My-Father-Jean&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B001MPDDME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a gripping tale of technology and hacking, The Cuckoo&amp;#x27;s Egg never fails: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;1416507787&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espiona...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, as someone reminded me in the thread about Xerox and Fujifilm, Dealers of Lightning tells the story of Xerox PARC, the Alto, Steve Jobs&amp;#x27; visit, etc: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Dealers-Lightning-Xerox-PARC-Computer&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;0887309895&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Dealers-Lightning-Xerox-PARC-Computer...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories</title><url>https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825593223&amp;id=100006735798590</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mylons</author><text>i just finished masters of doom&amp;#x27;s audiobook a week or so ago. it was the most addicting story i&amp;#x27;ve heard in some time, and elevated carmack even more in my mind.&lt;p&gt;the book was also strangely motivating.&lt;p&gt;have you (or anyone else) read anything else like masters of doom recently?</text></item><item><author>Arjuna</author><text>John mentioning his NeXT computer in this post reminded me of his NeXT computer purchase story from &lt;i&gt;Masters of Doom&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;On a cold winter day, Carmack laced up his shoes, slipped on his jacket, and headed out into the Madison snow. The town was blanketed in the stuff, cars caked in frost, trees dangling ice. Carmack endured the chill because he had no car; he&amp;#x27;d sold the MGB long before. It was easy enough for him to shut out the weather, just like he could, when necessary, shut Tom and Romero&amp;#x27;s antics out of his mind. He was on a mission.&lt;p&gt;Carmack stepped into the local bank and requested a cashier&amp;#x27;s check for $11,000. The money was for a NeXT computer, the latest machine from Steve Jobs, cocreator of Apple. The NeXT, a stealth black cube, surpassed the promise of Jobs&amp;#x27;s earlier machines by incorporating NeXTSTEP, a powerful system tailor-made for custom software development. The market for PCs and games was exploding, and this was the perfect tool to create more dynamic titles for the increasingly viable gaming platform. It was the ultimate Christmas present for the ultimate in young graphics programmers, Carmack.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bdickason</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a big fan of the book and got a similar feeling from watching Indie Game: The Movie. Good documentary about a few small indie game studios that makes you feel like you can start something amazing.&lt;p&gt;trailer: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=GhaT78i1x2M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=GhaT78i1x2M&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>