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Legendary designer Susan Kare recalls her journey designing icons, fonts, and the user interface for the original Apple Macintosh, sharing her design philosophy under technical constraints and the stories behind the creation of classic graphics.
Susan Kare, the original Macintosh artist, shares her design experiences and lessons from working with Apple and Steve Jobs at Startup School 2026.
This 1996 paper by Gentner and Nielsen explores alternative user interfaces by reversing the core design principles of the Macintosh, leading to a language-based, expert-user-oriented interface.
The author documents the successful installation of A/UX 1.1, Apple's vintage UNIX, on the Snow emulator, detailing the hardware requirements and setup process.
A retrospective on HyperCard, the influential Macintosh software that pioneered hypertext and inspired modern web technologies, games like Myst, and platforms like Wikipedia.
An interview with Jef Raskin, the visionary behind the Macintosh, discussing his role in creating the Mac, his philosophy on simplicity, and his views on the evolution of the Mac and Apple.
Built a pint-sized Macintosh using a Raspberry Pi Pico running Pico Micro Mac firmware, with VGA output and USB keyboard/mouse.