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Peter G. Neumann Computer Risks expert
Neumann was an expert on the risks of computers and technology, and alerted others to the problems.
From This is True for 17 May 2026
computing
Computer and Internet pioneers and visionaries.
Al Boss Web accessibility engineer
Al was a friend of mine, and a really cool one at that.
From This is True for 19 May 2024
Molly Holzschlag Open web proponent
Holzschlag was a proponent of the Open Web. What’s that?
From This is True for 10 September 2023
John Goodenough Physicist
“Not knowing either the full potential of our invention or any other option, we signed our rights away.”
From This is True for 2 July 2023
Abraham Lempel Computer scientist
Lempel was interested in data compression, and his work is still in use on your computer and phone.
From This is True for 12 February 2023
Kathleen Britten Booth Software pioneer
Booth wrote the first assembly language for a general-purpose computer, symbolic machine code that computers can “understand” without interpretation.
From This is True for 30 October 2022
Ken Knowlton Computer art pioneer
“BEFLIX” (for Bell Flicks) was the first language specific to generating computer-driven animation.
From This is True for 26 June 2022
David Walden The IMPish
“I had the program listing beside my telephone at home, and would get telephone calls at home whenever something stopped.”
From This is True for 8 May 2022
John Roach Personal computer pioneer
Roach came up with the TRS-80 computer. It was a runaway best-seller.
From This is True for 27 March 2022