FWD: Early user interface design

From: Rob Bedeaux <bede0005_at_garnet.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Wed Oct 22 18:48:38 1997

Hey Folks::

I found this on CSA2 newsgroup. Thought some of you in the bay area
might be interested. I would LOVE to go but it's a long way from
Minnesota. If anyone does attend, I would like to hear about how it was

rob

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  + please forward and post as appropriate within the Bay area +

             Bay Area Computer History Perspectives
                              and
                The Computer Museum History Center
                            present

              "Early User Interface Design at Apple"

                Larry Tesler and Chris Espinosa
             Stagecast Software Apple Computer

                     5:30 PM, Tuesday, Oct. 28
                  Computer Museum History Center
                          Building 126
                         Moffett Field
                            Mt. View
                       (directions at end)

    Note: if you plan to attend, please reply to Zoe Allison at
   415/604-2575, or send email with your name to allison_at_tcm.org.
        Please indicate if you aren't a US citizen, thanks.


When Larry Tesler came to Apple in 1980 from Xerox Palo Alto Research
Center, he introduced user interface testing to the Lisa project. Only
recently did Larry learn that Chris Espinosa had conducted Apple II
user interface testing a couple of years earlier. This program will
review the story of early user interface design at Apple, up to 1984,
for the Apple II, the Lisa, and the Mac.

Larry and Chris will be presenting original internal Apple memos and
drawings from the period which have not been shown previously in
public. A historic videotape will also be shown of actual Lisa user
interface testing, among the earliest such tests at Apple. This program
is free and open to the public.

In 1980 Larry Tesler managed applications software and user interface
design for the Lisa division, and later became VP and Chief Scientist
at Apple. He is now president of Stagecast, a K-12 software startup.

Chris Espinosa started working at Apple at the age of 14, bicycling
over after school to do the weekly Apple II demos. He later worked on
the original Mac design team, and recently has managed the Media Tools
group at Apple.

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Next program:

November 12: The influence of Doug Engelbart's work over the last 30
years.

These lectures are sponsored by The Computer Museum History Center and
Sun Microsystems.

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Directions: from highway 101 in Mt. View, take the Moffett Field exit
(ignore any signs or exits for Moffett Blvd.). You will come
immediately up to the Moffett Field main gate. Park to the right side
of the gate, in the visitor's parking area, and go into the Visitor
Office building to get a badge and further directions.

Remember to call 415/604-2575, or email allison_at_tcm.org, if you plan
to attend.

--
Dag Spicer
Manager of Historical Collections
The Computer Museum History Center
Moffett Federal Airfield
Mountain View, CA  94035
Offices: Building T-12A
Exhibit Area: Building 126
Tel: +1 650 604 2578
Fax: +1 650 604 2594
E-m: spicer_at_tcm.org
WWW: http://www.tcm.org
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