#billatkinson — Public Fediverse posts

Programas de rádio sobre a história da computação sendo preservados

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/13/programas-de-radio-sobre-a-historia-da-computacao-sendo-preservados/

#MundoRetro #Apple #BillAtkinson #BillGates #computao #DouglasAdams #histria #InternetArchive #JackTramiel #KevinSavetz #programa #rdio #recuperao

Programas de rádio sobre a história da computação sendo preservados

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/13/programas-de-radio-sobre-a-historia-da-computacao-sendo-preservados/

#MundoRetro #Apple #BillAtkinson #BillGates #computao #DouglasAdams #histria #InternetArchive #JackTramiel #KevinSavetz #programa #rdio #recuperao

Scott Knaster remembers Bill Atkinson, one year out from his death:
#Apple #GeneralMagid #billatkinson #Teletouch
https://scottknaster.substack.com/p/bill-atkinson

Scott Knaster remembers Bill Atkinson, one year out from his death:
#Apple #GeneralMagid #billatkinson #Teletouch
https://scottknaster.substack.com/p/bill-atkinson

David Pogue: Bill Atkinson’s last interview.
#Apple #billatkinson

https://pogueman.substack.com/p/bill-atkinsons-last-interview

David Pogue: Bill Atkinson’s last interview.
#Apple #billatkinson

https://pogueman.substack.com/p/bill-atkinsons-last-interview

@me_ @bitsavers @aka_pugs @fedops

Oh, definitely a lot of unidirectional pollination from XEROX PARC to the Lisa and Mac teams 😄

(Although it's not the cheap rip-off that some people claim. #BillAtkinson did a heck of a lot of ingenious work to make a GUI useable at 5Mhz.)

Yes, the Mac didn't get arrow keys until the Mac Plus in 1986, in this horrid arrangement:

⬜⬜⬆️
⬅️➡️⬇️

You were expected to click where you wanted the insertion caret to go! XD

The Macintosh SE and II in 1987 brought the Control key, only used for DOS emulation. The option key was mapped to alt for (emulation) software that needed it.

With Mac OS X, they started using the Control key in addition to Command, Option, and Shift for keyboard shortcuts, a very bad idea.

@me_ @bitsavers @aka_pugs @fedops

Oh, definitely a lot of unidirectional pollination from XEROX PARC to the Lisa and Mac teams 😄

(Although it's not the cheap rip-off that some people claim. #BillAtkinson did a heck of a lot of ingenious work to make a GUI useable at 5Mhz.)

Yes, the Mac didn't get arrow keys until the Mac Plus in 1986, in this horrid arrangement:

⬜⬜⬆️
⬅️➡️⬇️

You were expected to click where you wanted the insertion caret to go! XD

The Macintosh SE and II in 1987 brought the Control key, only used for DOS emulation. The option key was mapped to alt for (emulation) software that needed it.

With Mac OS X, they started using the Control key in addition to Command, Option, and Shift for keyboard shortcuts, a very bad idea.

@jlw_the_jobber @cameron_bosch

#BillAtkinson didn't work so hard to figure out how to draw rounded rectangles for them to be abused like this.

How gauche. :P

@jlw_the_jobber @cameron_bosch

#BillAtkinson didn't work so hard to figure out how to draw rounded rectangles for them to be abused like this.

How gauche. :P

@alcinnz

#Graphics #Meme #BillAtkinson

@alcinnz

#Graphics #Meme #BillAtkinson

Bill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI via Computer History Museum [Video] [Shared]

Bill Atkinson shows and explains his binder of Polaroid photos which he took during the development of the Lisa, documenting the evolution of its graphical user interface.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/02/bill-atkinson-polaroids-showing-the-evolution-of-the-lisa-gui-via-computer-history-museum-video-shared/

#tech #technology #history #apple #lisa #macintosh #macos #oralhistory #applecomputer #BillAtkinson #design #programming #shared

Bill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI via Computer History Museum [Video] [Shared]

Bill Atkinson shows and explains his binder of Polaroid photos which he took during the development of the Lisa, documenting the evolution of its graphical user interface.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/02/bill-atkinson-polaroids-showing-the-evolution-of-the-lisa-gui-via-computer-history-museum-video-shared/

#tech #technology #history #apple #lisa #macintosh #macos #oralhistory #applecomputer #BillAtkinson #design #programming #shared

@corvus

#AtkinsonDithering looks really nice, and it's just a tweak on the classic #FloydSteinberg dithering.

RIP #BillAtkinson, the dude did so much for us, and most people don't know who he was. :/

@corvus

#AtkinsonDithering looks really nice, and it's just a tweak on the classic #FloydSteinberg dithering.

RIP #BillAtkinson, the dude did so much for us, and most people don't know who he was. :/

Bill Atkinson's Psychedelic User Interface

https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill

#HackerNews #BillAtkinson #PsychedelicUI #UserInterface #Design #Innovation #Substack

Bill Atkinson's Psychedelic User Interface

https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill

#HackerNews #BillAtkinson #PsychedelicUI #UserInterface #Design #Innovation #Substack

@vl_tone

Color cycling FTW. Lost art!!!

Also, it's a much closer analogy to the moving beer signs that inspired #BillAtkinson to create the "marching ants" effect in #MacPaint.

@vl_tone

Color cycling FTW. Lost art!!!

Also, it's a much closer analogy to the moving beer signs that inspired #BillAtkinson to create the "marching ants" effect in #MacPaint.

@lefebvre My first PC. I learned to program data strings into displaying graphics using BASIC commands, plotting my ideas out on graph paper first.

Then in 1984 saw a Mac running MacPaint. Everything changed after that.

#BillAtkinson #Apple #retrocomputing

@lefebvre My first PC. I learned to program data strings into displaying graphics using BASIC commands, plotting my ideas out on graph paper first.

Then in 1984 saw a Mac running MacPaint. Everything changed after that.

#BillAtkinson #Apple #retrocomputing

Computer engineer and Apple veteran William "Bill" Atkinson has died of pancreatic cancer at age 74. Atkinson created the QuickDraw graphics engine, which made the Macintosh interface possible and, says @arstechnica's @benjedwards, "transformed abstract computer science into intuitive visual experiences that millions would use daily."

"I say this with no hyperbole: Bill Atkinson may well have been the best computer programmer who ever lived," wrote veteran Apple analyst @gruber on his Daring Fireball blog. "Without question, he's on the short list. What a man, what a mind, what gifts to the world he left us." Here's Edwards' story; find Gruber's full tribute at the second link.

https://flip.it/UJO0cf

https://flip.it/ImgyIy

#ComputerScience #BillAtkinson #SoftwareEngineering #Apple #Tech #Technology #RIP #InMemoriam

Computer engineer and Apple veteran William "Bill" Atkinson has died of pancreatic cancer at age 74. Atkinson created the QuickDraw graphics engine, which made the Macintosh interface possible and, says @arstechnica's @benjedwards, "transformed abstract computer science into intuitive visual experiences that millions would use daily."

"I say this with no hyperbole: Bill Atkinson may well have been the best computer programmer who ever lived," wrote veteran Apple analyst @gruber on his Daring Fireball blog. "Without question, he's on the short list. What a man, what a mind, what gifts to the world he left us." Here's Edwards' story; find Gruber's full tribute at the second link.

https://flip.it/UJO0cf

https://flip.it/ImgyIy

#ComputerScience #BillAtkinson #SoftwareEngineering #Apple #Tech #Technology #RIP #InMemoriam

Ever since I heard about Bill Atkinson’s passing, I’ve been diving into everything I can find about HyperCard. Today, while the world was glued to WWDC25, I was off exploring alternate timelines—asking ChatGPT what HyperCard and the world might have become if it had never been discontinued. It was a blast. 💥

#billatkinson #hypercard #wwdc25 #wwdc #apple #macintosh #retrocomputing #retromacintosh #chatgpt

Kopf hinter #Quickdraw:

#Entwickler Bill #Atkinson mit 74 Jahren verstorben

Durch seine #Arbeit an #Quickdraw und #Macpaint gilt er als wichtiger #Apple- #Entwickler. Nun ist #BillAtkinson an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs verstorben.

#SteveJobs holte Atkinson als Mitarbeiter Nr. 51 zu #Apple und zum ersten Entwicklungsteam der Firma. Dem #Programmierer ist die #Quickdraw- #Bilschirmtechnologie mit ihren auffälligen abgerundeten Ecken zu verdanken.

https://www.golem.de/news/kopf-hinter-quickdraw-entwickler-bill-atkinson-mit-74-jahren-verstorben-2506-196954.html

Kopf hinter #Quickdraw:

#Entwickler Bill #Atkinson mit 74 Jahren verstorben

Durch seine #Arbeit an #Quickdraw und #Macpaint gilt er als wichtiger #Apple- #Entwickler. Nun ist #BillAtkinson an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs verstorben.

#SteveJobs holte Atkinson als Mitarbeiter Nr. 51 zu #Apple und zum ersten Entwicklungsteam der Firma. Dem #Programmierer ist die #Quickdraw- #Bilschirmtechnologie mit ihren auffälligen abgerundeten Ecken zu verdanken.

https://www.golem.de/news/kopf-hinter-quickdraw-entwickler-bill-atkinson-mit-74-jahren-verstorben-2506-196954.html

#billatkinson

#billatkinson

Joining the neighbours in sharing a few words:

https://stevebarnes.org/blog/1749431001/

#BillAtkinson #Apple

Joining the neighbours in sharing a few words:

https://stevebarnes.org/blog/1749431001/

#BillAtkinson #Apple

Thanks to Bill Atkinson and QuickDraw, I got excited about writing software that created graphic output and was easy to use. And thanks to the Mac, I would soon leave architecture behind and start a new career.

#BillAtkinson #apple #macintosh

Thanks to Bill Atkinson and QuickDraw, I got excited about writing software that created graphic output and was easy to use. And thanks to the Mac, I would soon leave architecture behind and start a new career.

#BillAtkinson #apple #macintosh

In honor of Bill Atkinson, I’ve been reading the QuickDraw source code released by CHM and writing a little C implementation of his Region structure, which was an incredibly elegant solution to a problem so many people working on window systems never even realized they had. RIP Bill. #retrocomputing #BillAtkinson #QuickDraw

In honor of Bill Atkinson, I’ve been reading the QuickDraw source code released by CHM and writing a little C implementation of his Region structure, which was an incredibly elegant solution to a problem so many people working on window systems never even realized they had. RIP Bill. #retrocomputing #BillAtkinson #QuickDraw

#BillAtkinson died. I worked with him at General Magic for a while and communicated with him infrequently over the years since. He was a brilliant, influential, complicated, and ultimately good man. I would consider him a friend, if under interacted with. I will miss him. I think he is worth missing by me, by others, by the industry, and by the world. I am thinking of him and his family.

Nice look back at the legacy of Bill Atkinson from Steven Levy.
#Apple #BillAtkinson

Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 https://www.wired.com/story/bill-atkinson-apple-engineer-dies/

Nice look back at the legacy of Bill Atkinson from Steven Levy.
#Apple #BillAtkinson

Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 https://www.wired.com/story/bill-atkinson-apple-engineer-dies/

Reactions from the assistance during Bill Atkinson's presentation of MacPaint are a strong reminder of the technical prowesses he did in his code to sublimate the hardware capabilities available at the time.

https://youtu.be/1tQ5XwvjPmA?feature=shared
#RIP #Apple #BillAtkinson #QuickDraw #InsideMacintosh

I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

#RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
https://social.europlus.zone/@europlus/114645820628589016

I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

#RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
https://social.europlus.zone/@europlus/114645820628589016