Apple co-founder to visit ASU for Q&A with students
<p>Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will visit ASU from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., April 20, for a casual conversation and Q&A with students. The event will take place in Murdoch 201 and is open to all ASU students.</p><separator></separator><p>A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics and a floppy disk drive.</p><separator></separator><p>The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.</p><separator></separator><p>After leaving Apple in 1985, Wozniak was involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. Wozniak currently serves as chief scientist for Fusion-io and is a published author with the 2006 release of his <em>New York Times</em> bestselling autobiography, "iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon."</p><separator></separator><p>For more information contact <a href="mailto:entrepreneurs@asu.edu">entrepreneurs@asu.edu</a> or visit <a href="http://wozniak.eventbrite.com/">http://wozniak.eventbrite.com/</a>.</p&…;