hellojohnbuck

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   It's Yours(inventingthefuture.ghost.io)

   2 points by hellojohnbuck 7mo ago|1 comments
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   by hellojohnbuck 7mo ago

   I wanted to share this as I have just finished interviewing former Apple senior engineer Ron Johnston (ex Lisa, Spartacus and A/UX). After a long chat he said, 'I have one more story'. We have all probably heard this story -
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   by hellojohnbuck 10mo ago

   thanks for the positive vibes yann, that's a nice touch
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   by hellojohnbuck 10mo ago

   thanks for the positive vibes scriptweaver
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   by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

   thanks darkwater
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   by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

   per: the scans, the patent isn't for TIFF and the articles misspell his name. I think that the Paul Brainerd (Aldus cofounder) interview with the Computer History Museum, when he names Stephen, will be sufficient for Wiki.
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   by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

   thanks for the feedback
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   by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

   i do like the 'lighting up the lamps'
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   by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

   hi kilibe, thanks for your interest. i have concentrated on apple in the era when jobs isn't there to cancel or squash ideas and invention. many folks, not unlike stephen, come out of the woodwork. and i have slowly connected with them
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    Carlsen's TIFF extensibility was what Milne and Lentczner used as a guiding principal when building AIFF, as did Leak on QuickTime years later.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks daniel. i swapped a few emails with stephen's ex-wife and they melted my heart. i asked if she was OK with sharing this story of a humble genius with the wider world and she said, yes.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks isoprophlex for the acknowledgment. so many of the folks that i have interviewed, contributed so much to making tech or a product better for all. especially at or around apple. they receieved none of the credit that the 'names&#
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    well said svat. without laboring the point, "once you know - you know". until then it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack - and some people do not want to be found.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thank you sethx
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thank you
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    Thanks oisin, it's a beautiful story and his ex-wife gave me permission to share.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    my kids made the avatar so...sorry if it triggers
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks for the response burnto
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    i crossed my fingers for the first 24 hours but i now think admins and mod, to their credit, understand it's the truth.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    i've interviewed 100 folks in this space, in part because they are older than us.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    i didn't want to push the book too hard, given the tone of the story. thanks for the feedback.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    Somebody subscribed to my blog with ref to hacker news so i just poked my head in :-)
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks gnerd
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks righthand, i guess it was just curiosity that led me down the path. most people do give a sh## but i hear you. i also had the time to search, as i wasn't super busy with work.
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    hi andre, thanks for the feedback. there is a url link within the article to the book which uses a new self publishing method called books.by
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks upvoter
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    by hellojohnbuck 11mo ago

    thanks adam