MacHack 2001: Jef Raskin Joins Keynote
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
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Contact: Carol Lynn
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February 22, 2001-Dearborn, MI- In the ongoing efforts to provide the maximum Macintosh keynote, MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers is pleased to announce the addition of Jef Raskin to the Ultimate Macintosh Engineering Reunion conference keynote.
For this one-of-a-kind event, MacHack has already empanelled Andy Hertzfeld, Caroline Rose, Guy “Bud” Tribble and Bruce Horn. All are members of the early Macintosh engineering team and promise a keynote full of reminiscences of computing by-gones as well as a unique look at the future as envisioned by people who continue to lead the computer industry.
Jef Raskin, a consultant on human-machine interaction design, is best known as the father of Apple's Macintosh computer. His new book, "The Humane Interface" (Addison Wesley, 2000) received 3 printings in 9 months, is in use at 11 universities, is being translated into 5 languages, and has been nominated for 2 awards so far. Over 500 of Jef's articles have been published; he has a column in Forbes ASAP, and is often published in Wired, a number of Web zines, the Communications of the ACM, Quantum, Skeptical Inquirer, and lots of model airplane magazines. He was the conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Opera, a professional photographer, a professor of art at the University of California, and a university computer center director. He plays keyboards and is learning to play chalumeaux. If you think that this sounds like a fictional character, you'd be right, as Jef appears in one of Spider Robinson's science fiction novels.
MacHack 2001 will take place June 21-23, 2001, in Dearborn, Michigan. This unprecedented keynote panel will convene at the traditional 12:01 AM on June 21 to kick off the 72-hour marathon conference. More information is available on the Web from <http://www.machack.com/>.
For attendees, discounted registration is available for early response. Full attendees can register for $475 online, a savings of $50 of the regular registration rate, this price is good until April 15, 2001. Students can register for $50, which includes all-access to the conference as well as a special meal package. Total attendance is limited to 400. Student attendance is limited to 50. More details are available on the conference website.
MacHack is a registered trademark of Expotech, Inc. MacHack is not affiliated with The MacHax Group, although we've all been enjoying the Hack Contest together each year! Apple, Macintosh, and MacOS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective holders.
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