Mitchell Waite is an American computer programmer, author and publisher of a number of bestselling programming books[1] along with mobile apps.

[1] Waite also created the website WhatBird and later developed iBird, a bird field guide app for iOS and Android.

[7] Jobs introduced the Apple I to the group and Waite was one of the first people to use the revolutionary computer, purchasing his at The Byte Shop in San Rafael.

[2] Because the early users of the Apple 1 were such a small community, Waite was able to interact directly with Jobs and Steve Wozniak and learn how the computer worked.

[2] Jobs later found out about an elaborate weather station attached to the Apple I that Waite had running on his houseboat in Greenbrae, California and invited himself up to see it.