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by lioeters
641 days ago
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> Tom Knoll I recognize this name from the screenshot of Photoshop version 1. https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/uploaded/web-design-history/... Thomas Knoll: Complete Biography, History, and Inventions - https://history-computer.com/people/thomas-knoll-complete-bi... Was he an "artisan of software"? I imagine back then most programmers were artisans, but maybe that's because I've only heard of the exceptional ones who made a mark in history with innovations that require an artisanal approach and not by mere "replaceable people". (That term makes me throw up a bit, it's an insult to our humanity. I understand businesses and factories need replaceable people, but nobody wants to be one. Besides, if they're so replaceable, "AI" and robots will replace them in the near future.) |
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I saw Photoshop before Adobe brought it. It was running on a Mac II, in a hospital, in Ann Arbor. Back then, it was still his thesis project.
I have no idea if he was an “artisan.” We never really thought of ourselves in such terms. Software was much more of a fun game, but the introduction of huge piles of money changed everything.