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
computing
Computer and Internet pioneers and visionaries.
Steve Wilhite GIF inventor
Wilhite invented the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF.
From This is True for 21 March 2022
Charles Csuri Computer artist
Csuri was the “father of computer art.”
From This is True for 6 March 2022
David Boggs Ethernet engineer
“Seems Ethernet does not work in theory,” Boggs deadpanned in response, “only in practice.”
From This is True for 27 February 2022
Jay Last Integrated circuit pioneer
The successful chip was the foundation of California’s “Silicon Valley”.
From This is True for 28 November 2021
Peter Zinovieff Musician
“I personally have had a computer longer than anyone in the world — brilliant!”
From This is True for 28 June 2021
Daniel Kaminsky Internet security researcher
Kaminsky is largely responsible for your not losing money from your online bank accounts from early design flaws.
From This is True for 25 April 2021
Chuck Geschke Software visionary
Geschke and his business partner created Postscript, and the PDF file specification.
From This is True for 18 April 2021
Arnold Spielberg Computer pioneer
He was hired away by General Electric, where he led the design of the GE-225 computer.
From This is True for 30 August 2020
Russell Kirsch Pixelator
Kirsch had a radical thought: what if computers could see?
From This is True for 16 August 2020