Raskin, Jef Pioneers History
Raskin, Jef Pioneers History
Jef Raskin, 9 March 1943 - 26 February 2005, was a computer scientist, cognitive psychology expert, and user interface pioneer. He worked for a world where computers served people, rather than forcing people to do things in the computers' often unintuitive and unsafe ways.He died of pancreas cancer, tragically young, at age 61, on a Saturday, peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones.
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Jef Raskin - Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
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Passing of a Pioneer - Article reviews Jef Raskin's career. Laptopical.com.
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The Joy of Tech - Touching memorial comic, shows a Macintosh thanking Raskin.
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Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories - Brief account of Raskin's part in the early Macintosh project, with many links to accounts by other co-participants, many of which mention Raskin. Informative and entertaining.
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Talk Time: Jef Raskin - Frank, brief interview, criticism of Macintosh, thoughts on useful user interfaces, Hypercard, progress in computing. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Articles from Jef Raskin about the History of the Macintosh - Two sizable documents: Recollections of the Macintosh Project, More Historical Facts. Links to Bruce Horn letters.
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DigiBarn Friends: Jef Raskin, A Life of Design - Computer museum with many resources: photo galleries, information on early Apple I/II, Macintosh, IAI Swyft, Canon Cat, user interface experiments, other Raskin inventions; interviews, slides, remembrances by computer scientists.
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UserFriendly - Touching memorial comic, features hill topped with an Apple tree.
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Jef Raskin A to Z - List of about 60 articles by Raskin, with links to them.
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