To young to go.

Jef Raskin

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So sad. Way too young.

By bridging the gap between the lab research at Xerox-PARC and the commercial world at Apple, Raskin may be the single most important individual in bringing computing to the everyday life of average people all over the world.

Let's see if Jobs' Apple acknowledges him in any way.


Markle


Part of interview with Raskin, March, 2002 (pre-iPod):

Q: Do you feel Mac OS X embodies ease of use?
A: No, not even close.
Q: So you're talking about a revision of the whole product.
A: Of the software architecture. I love Apple's products, I'm very worried about them going out of business, and I'd love to help them. I think that I could help put them on top again. I started the Macintosh project because I saw that we were at a dead end if we didn't do something different. I think that Apple's reaching a dead end again. Jobs can get only so far by making beautiful cases, which is all he knows how to do. If I had a message to send to Apple, I'd say, "You make beautiful boxes and put a beautiful appearance on the interfaces, and let me design something that will make people happier than they've ever been using computers. Something so efficient that enterprises will say, 'Hey, if we buy these we're going to save money because we'll get so much productivity.'" That's my message.

Oh man, that gives me the shivers.

That's the message.

Apple, please. Fix the damn operating system and fix the damn interface. If not for brother Jef's memory, do it for me. I really can't take this crap anymore. I work on a Mac all day every day, and I'm officially miserable having to deal with this bullshit. Life was so much more engaging and fun when the Mac was about letting me get work done. Now that it's about friggin' fun... it's a disaster.