26 posts tagged ‘History’
The myth of Ernest Shackleton
Boing Boing,
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The release of the LEGO Endurance set sent me down a rabbit hole about Ernest Shackleton, the leader of a failed expedition to cross the continent of Antarctica. The Endurance was sunk on November 21, 1915, when it was crushed by Antarctic pack ice. — Read the rest The post The myth of Ernest Shackleton appeared first on Boing Boing.
Thomas Kurtz, RIP
mjtsai,
Valley News (Hacker News): Tom is well known as the co-inventor, with John Kemeny, of the BASIC programming language in 1964. A version of BASIC still exists today. John Kemeny and Tom had already developed a version of the Dartmouth Timesharing System, a method of sharing computer access allowing multiple students access to the computer […]
John Geleynse Retires From Apple
John Geleynse: Being a part of Apple for 25 years has been the privilege and experience of a lifetime. […] We released the platforms and tools that helped bring incredible products to life. We inspired developers to do some of the best work of their careers. We rewrote the original Apple Human Interface Guidelines for […]
Netscape at 30
Jamie Zawinski: According to my notes, it went live shortly after midnight on Oct 13, 1994. We sat in the conference room in the dark and listened to different sound effects fired for each different platform that was downloaded. At some point late that night I wandered off and wrote the first version of the […]
Niklaus Wirth, RIP
Bertrand Meyer (Hacker News, Slashdot, Reddit): We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design. Niklaus Wirth passed away on the first of January. We mourn a pioneer, colleague, mentor and friend. David M Williams: Wirth is well-remembered for his pioneering work in programming languages and algorithms. For these achievements, […]
Doom at 30
Wouter Groeneveld: On 10 December 1993, John Carmack, John Romero, Sandy Petersen, and the rest of the id Software crew completely changed the world by releasing the most violent and satisfying DOS shooter ever created. Hundreds of so-called “DOOM clones” followed, frantically trying to join in on the cash grabbing fun. Several controversial lawsuits and […]
David Feldman, RIP
Legacy: He earned a BS in Computer Science from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2023, he served as Distinguished Visiting Technologist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art and Design for developing the technology […]
Taligent’s Guide to Designing Programs
David Goldsmith (1994, PDF, via Hacker News): If you browse the computer section of any technical bookstore, you’ll find many good books offering advice on how to do object-oriented design—books dealing both with general design principles and with design principles specific to C++. Why then does the industry need another book, one targeted not only […]