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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (123 stories)
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Here are some of our worst mistakes
Date: January 1986
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.21)
Comments: 8
Characters: Bruce Horn, Bud Tribble, Jerome Coonen, Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, Bill Gates, Burrell Smith
MacPaint 2.0
Date: March 1986
Author: David Ramsey
Rating: (3.75)
Comments: 11
Characters: Bill Atkinson, Gene Pope, David Ramsey, Rich Page
What's worse than a dealer screwing up your new computer? Telling the customer the dealer screwed up their new computer.
Date: 1988
Author: David Ramsey
Rating: (3.60)
Comments: 2
Characters: David Ramsey, Jean-Louis Gassee
Creation of the first spline-based font system
Date: January 1989
Author: William Donelson
Rating: (3.31)
Comments: 4
Characters: William Donelson, John Warnock, Bob Sproull
The story of how this site turned into a book
Date: January 2004
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.33)
Comments: 22
Characters: Steve Jobs, Andy Hertzfeld, Mike Markkula, Steve Wozniak, Tim O'Reilly, Allen Noren, Michelle Weatherbee, Melanie Wang
Eulogy for Brian Howard, Macintosh hero, 1944-2010
Date: February 2010
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (3.60)
Comments: 0
Characters: Brian Howard, Jef Raskin, Burrell Smith
An essay discussing where the Mac user interface came from
Date: undated
Author: Bruce Horn
Rating: (4.30)
Comments: 11
Characters: Bruce Horn, Bill Atkinson, Larry Tesler, Steve Jobs, Jerry Manock
A visual history of the development of the Lisa/Macintosh user interface
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.83)
Comments: 11
Characters: Bill Atkinson, Bud Tribble, Steve Jobs
Burrell actually designed 5 different Macintoshes
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.40)
Comments: 4
Characters: Burrell Smith, Bud Tribble, Wendell Sander, Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin, Bill Atkinson
The attitudes and values of the team forged the spirit of the Macintosh
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.47)
Comments: 7
Characters: Steve Jobs, John Couch, Jef Raskin, Burrell Smith
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