"I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become. My subsequent work β on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did β is probably also footnote-worthy. In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution."
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Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin (9 March 1943 β 26 February 2005) was an expert in human-computer interaction who began the Macintosh project for Apple Computer.
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