William "Bill" D Atkinson was born on March 17,1951 and is an American computer engineer and photographer.
12 Facts About Bill Atkinson
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Bill Atkinson designed and implemented QuickDraw, the fundamental toolbox that the Lisa and Macintosh used for graphics.
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Bill Atkinson was one of the main designers of the Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces.
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Bill Atkinson conceived, designed and implemented HyperCard, an early and influential hypermedia system.
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In 1994, Bill Atkinson received the EFF Pioneer Award for his contributions.
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Bill Atkinson received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, where Apple Macintosh developer Jef Raskin was one of his professors.
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Bill Atkinson continued his studies as a graduate student in neurochemistry at the University of Washington.
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Raskin invited Bill Atkinson to visit him at Apple Computer; Steve Jobs persuaded him to join the company immediately as employee No 51, and Bill Atkinson never finished his PhD.
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In 2007, Bill Atkinson began working as an outside developer with Numenta, a startup working on computer intelligence.
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Currently, Bill Atkinson has combined his passion for computer programming with his love of nature photography to create art images.
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Bill Atkinson takes close-up photographs of stones that have been cut and polished.
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Bill Atkinson's works are highly regarded for their resemblance to miniature landscapes which are hidden within the stones.