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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (39 stories)
“The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.” -- Louis Kahn
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A visual history of the development of the Lisa/Macintosh user interface
Date: undated
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins,User Interface,Early Programs,Lisa,QuickDraw,Software Design
Comments:  11
Rating:  (4.83)
The Macintosh's first multi-tasking environment
Date: October 1984
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Technical, Compensation
Comments:  20
Rating:  (4.79)
It's hard to measure progress by lines of code
Date: February 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design, Management, Lisa
Comments:  6
Rating:  (4.72)
How we got the unusual symbol used for the menu command key
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design
Comments:  19
Rating:  (4.66)
User testing sometimes has surprising results
Date: June 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: User Interface,Software Design,Lisa
Comments:  8
Rating:  (4.66)
Chris tries to make a Steve-approved calculator
Date: February 1982
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design
Comments:  5
Rating:  (4.64)
Steve inspires Bill by pointing out something about the real world
Date: May 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design,Inspiration,QuickDraw
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.63)
We put a hidden icon in the ROM
Date: August 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Software Design
Comments:  30
Rating:  (4.63)
Bill decides to leave out a very impressive feature
Date: June 1983
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: MacPaint,Software Design,QuickDraw,Technical,Lisa
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.61)
The evolution of the Finder
Date: January 1983
Author: Bruce Horn
Topics: Software Design
Comments:  11
Rating:  (4.58)
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