He had been diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer. The next step is to pick where you want to send the audio. Youve got keep a paper trail, youve got to say what ideas did we start with, what have we discarded, or oh, heres this problem. He received a ba in mathematics and a bs in physics with minors in philosophy and music from stony brook university.
The mac is not a model airplane story, though you might be pleased to know that. Can you say a little about the genesis of the macintosh project. Jef raskin was an american humancomputer interface expert best known for conceiving and. Jef raskin, designer of rc airplanes and macintosh computers, died jef raskin, a well known designer of many things died feb 27th, 2005 of cancer. Pilgrim offers information, telling him that he was in dresden at the time. He was a computer interface expert who dealt with pioneering ways to interact with a computer. Digibarn computer museum has a jef raskin section which includes interviews and items from his. Understanding why wings work jef raskin quantum 1994. On september 27, 1979, steve jobs and mac creator jef raskin clashed over the direction of the project. Read jef raskins bio and get latest news stories and articles. He received a patent for airplane wing construction, and designed and marketed radio controlled model gliders.
Before i discuss this app, there is an interesting history about the features implemented inside it. Airfoil for windows allows you to send any audio to airport express units, apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs, all in sync. Raskins visions greatly influenced the way the user interface of personal computers looks today, developing ideas like icon based desktops or. New directions for designing interactive systems, p. Jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil max thickness 12% at 34. With airfoil, you can take audio from any application and send to your airport express units, as well as apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs running airfoil speakers. One of the inspirations for the app was one of the founders of the macintosh programme jef raskin hence the app name raskin. Before the mac project he was working on something called swyft an easy to use command line system that was first implemented as a. Jef raskin, designer of rc airplanes and macintosh. Jobs knew that he could help the mac reach its full worldchanging potential. Markkula then charged jef raskin with the secret annie project. Jef raskin was born in new york city to a secular jewish family, whose surname is a matronymic from raske, yiddish nickname for rachel.
Raskin believed that apple cofounder steve jobs was muscling in on the macintosh project, and he resigned from the company in 1982, two years before the macintosh was released. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. I avoided the supposed visionaries in the company who could not understand my idea but presented a business case. A fluid flowing around the surface of an object exerts a force on it. Airfoil allows you to wirelessly stream any audio and all audio from your mac to any airplay speakers or airport express connected to speakers.
In 1967, he received a masters degree in computer science from pennsylvania state university, after having. He was reportedly not very happy with mac os x he called the system complicated and inhumane. People would buy a product that they could readily and happily use. Plot and print the shape of an airfoil aerofoil for your. Popular free alternatives to airfoil for windows, android, mac, linux, iphone and more. Raskin app a better way of interacting with your mac.
Jef raskin started the macintosh project at apple in 1979 to pursue his ideas that computer could be easy to use, unlike the apple ii. Details of airfoil aerofoilj5012il j5012 12% jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the state university of new york at. With this tool you can take audio from any application and send to your airport express units, as well as apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs running airfoil speakers. Airfoil is a tool used for sending audio from your mac or pc out to compatible receivers. Explore 9 apps like airfoil, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community.
Over the years he made many other contributions to computer technology and was a great collector of computer artifacts. In particular, there are a couple of different accounts involving you an mike markkula, and different stories about. Because, if youre working on a project and youd like to manage it well, you have to have things documented. Jef also wrote for magazines such as wired and machome. Jef raskin, american computer scientist born march 9, 1943, new york, n. Jef raskin steve jobs firing memo business insider. How jef raskin started the macintosh project mac history. Jeff raskin, widely considered the father of the macintosh computer, has died. A very efficient airfoil for small, slowflying models is an arched piece of thin sheet material, but it is not clear at all. J5012 12% jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil. Identification of item, jef raskin papers, m1147, dept. Jef raskin, the visionary behind the mac, jason walsh, apple before the mac, 2005. Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. Airfoil will see it and enable you to send audio to it.
Airfoil includes metadata with its stream, so you can see track titles and album art with compatible outputs. Airfoil for mac allows you to send any audio to airport express units, apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs, all in sync. Airfoil works with speakers connected to an airport express, apple tvs, airplay devices from apple and third parties, other macs and ios devices, with the help of the airfoil satellite app, 1 and even bluetooth devices like headphones. To schlender and tetzeli, jobs was right to get rid of raskin. I was very frustrated and argued until he said, shut up, raskin. Jef raskin was apple computers thirtyfirst employee, its manager of publications, and manager of the macintosh project from 1979 to 1982. The free airfoil satellite app for ios, mac, and windows can remotely control both airfoil and many supported audio sources. Raskin was a philosophical guy who could be both playful and ponderous, writes walter isaacson in his book steve jobs. Stream any audio, from any mac application, to your hifi, speakers or another computer. Jef showing apple i in case with keyboard dsc01700. Airfoils builtin equalizer lets you tweak audio to get that perfect sound. Jef raskin was a professor at the university of california at san diego and originated the macintosh computer at apple computer inc levy 1994. Transmit audio from realplayer, windows media player, quicktime.
Visit for stories chronicling the birth of the computer jef named after his favorite varietal but misspelled in order to avoid confusion. Jef created the macintosh project at apple, along with the concept of clickanddrag. Among other things, the next generation of our zoomable file browser now lets you sort documents by visual criteria, like principle color or image dimensions. Lift conventionally acts in an upward direction in order to counter the force of gravity, but it can act in any direction at right. Biography jef raskin is an independent consultant on interface design, best known for having created the macintosh computer project. Audio can be sent to different outputs around your dwelling, all in sync, and with airfoil speakers, you can convert any computer into a. Picking devices to stream to is as simple as clicking on them in airfoil, which allows you to stream. Jef raskin was one of the creators of the mac and invented the clickanddrag interface thu 21 oct 2004 18.
Inspired by jef raskin, our zoomable user interface shows you all the stuff on your computer on a single surface. Airfoil extends and enhances audio streaming macstories. Download the latest versions of the best mac apps at safe and trusted macupdate. Jef raskin, the lead designer of the first macintosh computer and a pioneer in the development of user interfaces, died saturday at age 61. Raskin left the company in 1982, two years before the first mac was shipped to compete with apple dos, cpm and msdos. Jef raskin s original vision for the mac raskin s original concept for the mac, which he began working on in 1979, started out very different from the machine apple wound up shipping in 1984. In slaughterhouse 5, vonneguts protagonist, pilgrim, is in a hospital ward adjacent to a writer discussing a book hes working on about the bombing of dresden in world war ii. Transmit audio from realplayer, windows media player, quicktime player.
Airfoil for mac is an innovative audio management application that quickly streams audio from your mac to airport devices including tvs and computers. Raskin had studied computer science, taught music and visual arts, conducted a chamber opera. The apple airport express system enables you to quickly. He was well known in radio control circles as being the first production designer of all foam and tape aircraft, called the anabats. Jefs contributions to the development of simple, intelligible, humane computing environments didnt end with the mac. Jef raskin was the apple computers human computer interface expert who had a large role in creating the macintosh. Airfoil for mac support center rogue amoeba support. Jef raskin joined apple computer as its thirtyfirst employee on 3 january 1978.
This raises a question about the origins of the book of macintosh. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the force parallel to the flow direction. Connect with users and join the conversation at wired. Jef raskin is one of the most important people in personal computers, to this day, he added. He worked as its manager of publications, and manager of the macintosh.
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