design eng club: an evening on mobile computing - the story of general magic

​Bringing together creatives for a live conversation with the previous CEO of General Magic, Marc Porat (moderated by Soleio), followed by a screening of the award-winning movie on the company’s history.

​Presented in collaboration with design eng club, bain capital ventures and AIR.

​Food and refreshments provided! See you all there :)

Doors open at 6pm. Please arrive before 6:30pm as we will be starting the panel promptly then!

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Some more info about general magic:

General Magic, a 1990s Apple spin-off founded by the early Macintosh team, built the “Magic Link” personal intelligent communicator and the “Magic Cap” operating system, creating a precursor to the modern smartphone 15 years too early. They pioneered touchscreens, icons, email, and early app ecosystems, essentially inventing the “Post-PC” mobile, touchscreen world.

While the company dissolved in 2002, its team members went on to create the iPod, iPhone, Android, eBay, and Nest – helping build modern computing as we know it.

Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdyb-RWNKo