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

​Bringing together creatives for a live conversation with Marc Porat, founder and former CEO of General Magic, and Mike Stern, VP of Business Affairs at General Magic and Executive Producer of the film, moderated by Soleio Cuervo, early design leader at Facebook and renowned design investor, followed by a screening of the award-winning documentary.

​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