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  • Steve Jobs Designed the Mac Calculator in 10 Minutes
    November 12, 2025
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    Steve Jobs Designed the Mac Calculator in 10 Minutes

    Chris Espinosa, a young programmer at Apple, faced repeated criticism from Steve Jobs over his calculator design for the original Macintosh, leading to a cycle of revisions. To resolve the impasse, Espinosa created a tool that allowed Jobs to design the calculator himself, which Jobs completed in...

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  • Macintosh Pioneer Bill Atkinson, HyperCard Inventor, Dies at 74
    June 9, 2025
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    Macintosh Pioneer Bill Atkinson, HyperCard Inventor, Dies at 74

    Bill Atkinson, creator of MacPaint and HyperCard, passed away at 74; his work at Apple in the 1980s revolutionized computing by merging art and technology. Originally a neurobiology student, Atkinson joined Apple as employee #51, where he developed foundational technologies like QuickDraw and pop...

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