Today Sylvain and I went to Concordia University to see Steve Wozniak who was doing a question and answer in the big room on the main floor of the hall building. I received an email a few weeks back inviting students and alumni to see Woz, and being a student at Concordia (more on that later) I decided to register. Sylvain is an alumni so I asked him if he remembered his student number, he said yes, rhymed it off, so I forwarded him the email and he registered as well. 
The Woz was there from 2-3 and we arrived a bit early and got a pretty good seat. Check out the pic, sorry about the poor quality, the lighting was dim and the iPhone wouldn't take a nice photo. Steve arrived on stage and proceeded to talk a little before taking questions. He described the environment in Silicon Valley in the late 70's and the course of events leading up to the creation of Apple. Most of us know the story but it is interesting to hear it told by Woz himself. Like many other super geeks, he discovered an aptitude and interest in technology at an early age. Oh, and he's a bit of an idealist. He talked about having designed the Apple I and having given the designs away at the computer club he attended. This inherent desire that programmers have to share is at the heart of why there is an open source movement today.
The audience was then allowed to ask questions and you can imagine with a group of university students, they were quite varied. Several of the questions were about Apple and the early years. Someone asked him about his accident in his Beechcraft airplane. The student who went and read Steve's book just for the occasion, easily spotted, they always start their question with "in your book ..." Other than that, patents, intellectual property, hacking/phreaking, and oh of course, someone had to ask him about dancing with the stars, which garnered a few laughs.
Anyway, it was kinda cool. I guess being a student has some benefits. Oh yes, the student thing. I have been taking a few courses part-time for fun and exercise for the brain. I was actually back at Concordia this evening for my ECON 201 class.
