Originally posted on March 1, 2005 @ 4:27 pm
In memoriam, Jef Raskin 1943-2005: Computer scientist who strove to make the Apple Mac more user friendly – and designed aircraft wings.
As a programmer, interface designer, writer and consultant, Jef Raskin devoted his working life to finding ways to make computers more usable. One of the earliest employees at Apple Computer in the late 1970s, he pushed the company to build an easy-to-use personal computer and led the Macintosh project in its early stages.