The Midnight Mage, also known as Steve Sheets, has been developing Macintosh software since 1983. He was born and raised in Silicon Valley (Saratoga, CA), where he got his start at independent programming jobs while still in High School. After college at University of California, Berkeley, Steve was hired by the Accessory Product Group at Apple Computer. At one time, Steve was the only developer at Apple who was required to write software for the Apple //, the Apple ///, Lisa and the new Macintosh computer. His projects from this time included the Imagewriter Toolkit, the Apple Plotter tools, and the original Apple Term (terminal) program for the Apple //, /// & Macintosh. Other jobs followed including game development at Penguin Software. After a return to working at Apple, Steve was hired to develop an unknown Macintosh online service called America Online. He was the Lead Programmer for the first two major versions of AOL for the Mac. His original designs for large portions of the mail, instant messaging and forms system were later used across all AOL platforms. After a stint of programming for the US Government (on products he is still not allowed to talk about), Steve returned to independent software design and contracting, specializing in the Macintosh. He has been a regular attendee of Apple World Wide Developer Conference since its conception. Steve has also contributed to a number of publications, including over a dozen articles for MacTutor/MacTech Programming Journal. An avid historical fencer, Steve hopes to combine his two interests, computers & sword work, in a project in the near future. Steve's personal site has more about his interests and family. |