[DM-MUG] Macintosh creator Jef Raskin dies at 61

[Bill Davis]

Here's a tribute to Jef Raskin by one of my favorite authors, Spider 
Robinson, who knew him.

  http://www.spiderrobinson.com/raskin.htm

Spider's a Mac user and fan, by the way.  Macs show up in his Spider's 
books, along with some great puns about Apple.    He even had a Mac II 
with an AI as a character in one of his Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 
books.

  - Bill


On Feb 27, 2005, at 8:39 PM, Darcy Baston wrote:

> Macintosh creator Jef Raskin dies at 61
>
> February 27, 2005 - 18:22 EST   Jef Raskin, the human-computer 
> interface expert who began the Macintosh project for Apple, passed 
> away Saturday, at age 61. Raskin, author of such books as "The Humane 
> Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems," 
> reportedly died of cancer. Raskin joined Apple in 1978 as employee No. 
> 31, but left the company in 1982 amid a dispute with Apple CEO Steve 
> Jobs. The Macintosh was launched two years later in 1984. Raskin took 
> the time to talk with MacMinute last year. Our sincere condolences go 
> out to his family and friends.
>
> http://www.macminute.com/2005/02/27/raskin/
>
> :(
>
> Darcy
>
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