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Quote by Walt Mossberg

“Man, he could sell. As he liked to say, he lived at the intersection of technology and liberal arts. But there was a more personal side of Steve Jobs, of course, and I was fortunate enough to see a bit of it because I spent hours in conversation with him over the 14 years he ran Apple.”

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Walt Mossberg

Walt Mossberg is a renowned American technology journalist, born on March 27, 1947. He has over 30 years of reporting experience in the fields of personal computers and the internet, serving as a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal and founding the personal technology review website Recode. more

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