Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams, created HyperCard, one of the first successful hypermedia systems, after a thought-provoking LSD trip. He died on June 5, 2025.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down13cross-posted to: wikipedia@sh.itjust.workswikipedia@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkBill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams, created HyperCard, one of the first successful hypermedia systems, after a thought-provoking LSD trip. He died on June 5, 2025.en.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: wikipedia@sh.itjust.workswikipedia@lemmy.ml
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoAtkinson’s design was prescient. Hypercard kicked off end-users becoming app developers. A modern version of it is still out there: https://livecode.com/
Atkinson’s design was prescient. Hypercard kicked off end-users becoming app developers.
A modern version of it is still out there: https://livecode.com/