About: Bill Atkinson

“Bill’s work on QuickDraw was the foundation of both the Lisa and the Macintosh, and he was really the principal designer of the Macintosh UI. Later, he single-handedly wrote MacPaint, the initial killer app for the Macintosh, followed by Hypercard.” —Andy Hertzfeld, folklore.org.


There's a reference to Bill Atkinson buried somewhere ↓ here:

I’m working on a HyperCard stack that’s gonna be hotter than Arsenio

Written by Mr. Bessler on December 4, 1989

I’m making a sweet stack for Debra in Religion class. Pretty sure she’s gonna freak-out when she see’s it. Read more »