Engadget published an article that is somewhat out of its wheelhouse: a long, discursive, genuinely engaging look at Ron Wayne, the guy who was the third founder of Apple and then sold his shares less than two weeks later. Titled “Two days in the desert with Apple’s lost founder, Ron Wayne”, it reads like a piece from Rolling Stone or Esquire more than Engadget.

“I have to ask you something,” Ron Wayne begins, as we stand to leave his office, signaling the close of our day-long conversation. He takes a slightly dramatic pause, adding, “compared to other people, is my life really that interesting?” This isn’t modesty; it’s earnestness. Wayne is genuinely curious about what makes his 77 years on earth so fascinating to have warranted my traveling across the country in order to spend a few days in his presence. I answer, honestly, that it’s his time with Apple that has made him such a figure of interest. “Oh,” he responds. “So it’s my brushes with famous people. I’m a footnote in someone else’s story.”

Yeah, but what an interesting footnote. Read the rest for more.