FWD: Early user interface design

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 ======================================================================== + 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(a)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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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(a)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(a)tcm.org WWW: http://www.tcm.org <spicer(a)tcm.org> PGP: 15E31235 (E6ECDF74 349D1667 260759AD 7D04C178)