With this tool you can take audio from any application and send to your airport express units, as well as apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs running airfoil speakers. Jef raskin, american computer scientist born march 9, 1943, new york, n. Among other things, the next generation of our zoomable file browser now lets you sort documents by visual criteria, like principle color or image dimensions. Before i discuss this app, there is an interesting history about the features implemented inside it. The free airfoil satellite app for ios, mac, and windows can remotely control both airfoil and many supported audio sources. Can you say a little about the genesis of the macintosh project. Download the latest versions of the best mac apps at safe and trusted macupdate. J5012 12% jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil. Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names.
To schlender and tetzeli, jobs was right to get rid of raskin. One of the inspirations for the app was one of the founders of the macintosh programme jef raskin hence the app name raskin. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. Raskin believed that apple cofounder steve jobs was muscling in on the macintosh project, and he resigned from the company in 1982, two years before the macintosh was released. Explore 9 apps like airfoil, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community. Jefs contributions to the development of simple, intelligible, humane computing environments didnt end with the mac. Airfoil for mac allows you to send any audio to airport express units, apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs, all in sync.
Plot and print the shape of an airfoil aerofoil for your. Jef raskin was an american humancomputer interface expert best known for conceiving and. Airfoils builtin equalizer lets you tweak audio to get that perfect sound. Pilgrim offers information, telling him that he was in dresden at the time.
Lift conventionally acts in an upward direction in order to counter the force of gravity, but it can act in any direction at right. Raskins visions greatly influenced the way the user interface of personal computers looks today, developing ideas like icon based desktops or. He was reportedly not very happy with mac os x he called the system complicated and inhumane. The mac is not a model airplane story, though you might be pleased to know that. Raskin app a better way of interacting with your mac. Identification of item, jef raskin papers, m1147, dept.
New directions for designing interactive systems, p. Understanding why wings work jef raskin quantum 1994. Details of airfoil aerofoilj5012il j5012 12% jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil. In 1967, he received a masters degree in computer science from pennsylvania state university, after having. Jeff raskin, widely considered the father of the macintosh computer, has died. Raskin was a philosophical guy who could be both playful and ponderous, writes walter isaacson in his book steve jobs. Jef created the macintosh project at apple, along with the concept of clickanddrag.
Jef raskin was born in new york city to a secular jewish family, whose surname is a matronymic from raske, yiddish nickname for rachel. Youve got keep a paper trail, youve got to say what ideas did we start with, what have we discarded, or oh, heres this problem. Audio can be sent to different outputs around your dwelling, all in sync, and with airfoil speakers, you can convert any computer into a. He had been diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer. How jef raskin started the macintosh project mac history. Airfoil for windows allows you to send any audio to airport express units, apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs, all in sync. The apple airport express system enables you to quickly. Read jef raskins bio and get latest news stories and articles. Raskin had studied computer science, taught music and visual arts, conducted a chamber opera. Airfoil works with speakers connected to an airport express, apple tvs, airplay devices from apple and third parties, other macs and ios devices, with the help of the airfoil satellite app, 1 and even bluetooth devices like headphones. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the force parallel to the flow direction. The next step is to pick where you want to send the audio. He received a patent for airplane wing construction, and designed and marketed radio controlled model gliders. Jef raskin was apple computers thirtyfirst employee, its manager of publications, and manager of the macintosh project from 1979 to 1982.
Jef raskin, the lead designer of the first macintosh computer and a pioneer in the development of user interfaces, died saturday at age 61. Digibarn computer museum has a jef raskin section which includes interviews and items from his. In slaughterhouse 5, vonneguts protagonist, pilgrim, is in a hospital ward adjacent to a writer discussing a book hes working on about the bombing of dresden in world war ii. Jef raskin started the macintosh project at apple in 1979 to pursue his ideas that computer could be easy to use, unlike the apple ii. Raskin left the company in 1982, two years before the first mac was shipped to compete with apple dos, cpm and msdos. Jef raskin was one of the creators of the mac and invented the clickanddrag interface thu 21 oct 2004 18. Transmit audio from realplayer, windows media player, quicktime. Jobs knew that he could help the mac reach its full worldchanging potential. Using zoom and pan to view, arrange and open documents feels so right. Because, if youre working on a project and youd like to manage it well, you have to have things documented. On september 27, 1979, steve jobs and mac creator jef raskin clashed over the direction of the project. Picking devices to stream to is as simple as clicking on them in airfoil, which allows you to stream.
Jef raskin, the visionary behind the mac, jason walsh, apple before the mac, 2005. I was very frustrated and argued until he said, shut up, raskin. Jef raskin s original vision for the mac raskin s original concept for the mac, which he began working on in 1979, started out very different from the machine apple wound up shipping in 1984. Jef raskin originator of the apple macintosh project j5012 airfoil max thickness 12% at 34. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the state university of new york at. In particular, there are a couple of different accounts involving you an mike markkula, and different stories about.
A fluid flowing around the surface of an object exerts a force on it. Visit for stories chronicling the birth of the computer jef named after his favorite varietal but misspelled in order to avoid confusion. Airfoil for mac support center rogue amoeba support. Over the years he made many other contributions to computer technology and was a great collector of computer artifacts. Markkula then charged jef raskin with the secret annie project. He worked as its manager of publications, and manager of the macintosh. Connect with users and join the conversation at wired. Jef showing apple i in case with keyboard dsc01700. Jef raskin, designer of rc airplanes and macintosh.
Jef raskin was a professor at the university of california at san diego and originated the macintosh computer at apple computer inc levy 1994. He was a computer interface expert who dealt with pioneering ways to interact with a computer. Airfoil extends and enhances audio streaming macstories. Airfoil allows you to wirelessly stream any audio and all audio from your mac to any airplay speakers or airport express connected to speakers. Jef raskin steve jobs firing memo business insider. Transmit audio from realplayer, windows media player, quicktime player. He is a widelypublished writer, an avid model airplane builder and competitor, and an active musician and composer. This raises a question about the origins of the book of macintosh. Stream any audio, from any mac application, to your hifi, speakers or another computer. People would buy a product that they could readily and happily use. Jef s contributions to the development of simple, intelligible, humane computing environments didnt end with the mac. Airfoil will see it and enable you to send audio to it. Before the mac project he was working on something called swyft an easy to use command line system that was first implemented as a. Jef raskin was the apple computers human computer interface expert who had a large role in creating the macintosh.
He was well known in radio control circles as being the first production designer of all foam and tape aircraft, called the anabats. Airfoil is a tool used for sending audio from your mac or pc out to compatible receivers. Quotations by jef raskin, american scientist, born march 9, 1943. Airfoil includes metadata with its stream, so you can see track titles and album art with compatible outputs. With airfoil, you can take audio from any application and send to your airport express units, as well as apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs running airfoil speakers. Jef raskin joined apple computer as its thirtyfirst employee on 3 january 1978. It allows users to send any audio to the airport express units, apple tvs, and even other macs and pcs, all in sync. Airfoil for mac is an innovative audio management application that quickly streams audio from your mac to airport devices including tvs and computers. Jef also wrote for magazines such as wired and machome. Biography jef raskin is an independent consultant on interface design, best known for having created the macintosh computer project. Jef raskin, designer of rc airplanes and macintosh computers, died jef raskin, a well known designer of many things died feb 27th, 2005 of cancer.
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