http://www.metafilter.com/tags/raskin Posts tagged with 'raskin' at MetaFilter. Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:54 -0800 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40004/Jef%2DRaskin%2Dcreator%2Dof%2Dthe%2DMacintosh%2Dhas%2Ddied <a _top href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Raskin">Jeff</a> <a _top href="http://jef.raskincenter.org/home/index.html">Raskin</a>, widely considered the father of the Macintosh computer, has <a _top href="http://digibarn.com/friends/jef-raskin/index.html">died</a>. Visit <a _top href="http://www.folklore.org">folklore.org</a> for <a _top href="href=" http://www.folklore.org/projectview.py?project=Macintosh&characters=Jef%20Raskin&detail=medium" ">stories</a> chronicling the birth of the computer Jef named after his favorite varietal (but misspelled in order to avoid <a _top href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/default.aspx">confusion</a>). Jef's contributions to the development of <a href="http://print.google.com/print?id=y02wogXSYvoC&prev=http://print.google.com/print%3Fq%3Djef%2Braskin&pg=1&sig=VbRrOzf2gFmyKAfyaSkIzTysADA">simple, intelligible</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201379376/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">"humane"</a> computing environments didn't end with the Mac; learn more <a _top href="http://www.raskincenter.org/">here</a> and <a _top href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Humane_Environment">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40004 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:54 -0800 apple computer history Jef mac macintosh Raskin killdevil http://www.metafilter.com/19593/ <a href="http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/raskin/main.htm#bio">Who was Ellen Raskin?</a> Even if you don't recognize the name, you've probably read her <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html">Newbery</a> <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbpast.html#70s">Award</a><a href="http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/2001/01/25/newbery/print.html ">-winning</a> YA novel <a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?show=Trade%20Paper:New:0140386645:5.99">The Westing Game</a>. You might even have <a href="http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/raskin/childs2.jpg">her illustrated edition</a> of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811203913/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">A Child's Christmas in Wales,</a> which she printed on her own as a sample to show publishers when trying to jump-start a freelance career. She listed some of her influences as "Blake, Conrad, Hawthorne, James, Nabokov, <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/piero/flagellation.jpg">Piero della Francesca</a>, Calude Lorrain, Gaugin, Matisse, Fantasia, baseball, hockey, zoos, medicine, and Spain." [more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.19593 Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:30:27 -0800 brokenlink ellenraskin newbery newberyaward raskin redshoes3