![]() I cannot duck that connection, nor would I want to. My name will always be associated with something I did a quarter of a century ago: the creation of the Macintosh computer project when I worked at Apple. Jef's Notes on our Movie full text of Jef's notes ![]() Passionately described as an inovator with an unfailing moral compass and a gifted educator with an active commitment to play Jef attributes his success in part to a foundation based on music, math and physics. Special Thanks to the Sugar Family for lending us the equipment to shoot our interviews with Jef.īeginning with conversations on interface design and creating a better computer, Our footage reveals a remarkable man who changes the lives of people around him. Video best viewed with Windows Media Player 9 and DSL or Cable It documents his work on a humane environment he calls "Archy," that works with the way we think and the life that helped him create it. This project was inspired by a lecture Jef gave at Fast Net Futures in 2004. When you talk with Jef, you realize that computers can be better. If you can help please write to us.Īn evangelist for humane interfaces and a gifted teacher. We're looking for donations of server space, equipment and software and to complete the project. Many of you are asking why this footage is not available in MPEG or Quicktime? We're working on it but wanted to make some footage available asap. Kathleen Mandis the problem with interfaces Jef Raskin talks about his new interface Archy Jef's workshop where he sometimes builds his own toolsĬreator and "Humane Interface" author Jef We'll be shooting in New York, Colorado, Pacifica California, Cupertino, San Diego and Brentwood. We also need technical advisors and model plane enthusiasts who can fly airplanes upside down, as well as footage to show how computers aren't serving users. If you or people you know played a role in computer history, please send us footage or suggestions. ![]() Send us your edits of our shots and your ideas on shaping the movie. Join our adventure charting the future of computing. And you shouldn't have to spend your time fixing computer problems instead of doing your work. ![]() You shouldn't have to read a manual the size of a telephone book or have a degree in computer science to do your work, according to Jef. Jef plays recorder from and Interview by Rebecca Fureigh He's a mathematician, and an interfaceĭesigner with a mission: to help you fall back in love with your computer.Ĭomputers shouldn't eat your work or get in the way of what you're doing, says Jef, known for creating computer interfaces that work with, not against against you, an approach that echoes the 1st law of robotics preventing injury or harm to humans. Jef is a musician, he builds model planes, loves archery, ping pong, and racing cars. Of Jef, his work and the high value he puts on play. Jef Raskin says computers should be better so he's creating one that'sĮasier and more fun to use. More of information including web quality and high resolution photographs Interface ideas are being implemented in the Raskin Center project The Humane Interface (Addison Wesley, 2000.) The Humane He continued refining human interface design, publishing his ideas in He left Apple to form InformationĪppliances, where he designed the Canon Cat with an innovative interface. He created the Macintosh project at Apple in 1979, naming A wonderful spirit and renaissance man, who inspired me and Jef Raskin died of cancer on Saturday February 26th after being sick for several Great ones today, a good and generous man.
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