Lars Pind

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Apple Heroes and Villains

March 30, 2006 · 2 comments

My friend Mark Aufflick found this excellent round-up of the good and the bad guys of the 30 years of Apple history. Entertaining and educational indeed. I for one always thought Raskin and Tog were heroes, but it’s good to get my world-view corrected.

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  • 1 Mark Aufflick // Mar 30, 2006 at 03:25 PM

    The page on Tog was the one I agreed with least. It's true that his commentary has become less relevant, but I think his original work deserved more credit than the Wired staff gave him. Jef Raskin is (was) a bit of an enigma. Definately visionary, but he just didn't "get" what the ordinary person wanted. Not really the whole story, but check out The Father Of The Macintosh by Andy Hertzfeld on folklore.org.

  • 2 Lars Pind // Mar 30, 2006 at 04:10 PM

    True about Raskin -- I got halfway through his book The Humane Interface, and while interesting, also quite irrelevant. I also have "Andy's book":amazon:0596007191, btw, but never got around to reading that. But there's your coffee table book for you.