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who hope to be <strong>in</strong>novative should work<strong>in</strong> highly social workplaces.And you might be wrong.Consider what Wozniak did rightafter the meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Menlo Park. Did hehuddle with fellow club members towork on <strong>com</strong>puter design? No. (Althoughhe did keep attend<strong>in</strong>g the meet<strong>in</strong>gs,every other Wednesday.) Did heseek out a big, open <strong>of</strong>fice space full <strong>of</strong>cheerful pandemonium <strong>in</strong> which ideaswould cross-poll<strong>in</strong>ate? No. When youread his account <strong>of</strong> his work process onthat first PC, the most strik<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>g isthat he was always by himself.Wozniak did most <strong>of</strong> the work <strong>in</strong>sidehis cubicle at Hewlett-Packard. He’d arrivearound 6:30 a.m. and, alone <strong>in</strong> theearly morn<strong>in</strong>g, read eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>gmagaz<strong>in</strong>es, study chip manuals, andprepare designs <strong>in</strong> his head. After work,he’d go home, make a quick spaghetti219/929

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