- The Humane Environment - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1835214
Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot]
- The Humane Interface - http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254
Book review of The Human Interface: New Directions for Interface Design, by Jef Raskin, and the usual mass of forum comments. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot]
- The Humane Environment - http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2445
Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com]
- The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems - http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={8D54A446-A03C-4A2B-9D5E-1C35EF79372F}
By Jef Raskin; Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0201379376. Guide to interactive system design, reflects author experience and vision, shows many extant interfaces are dead ends, making computers easier to use needs new approaches. [publisher website]
- THE Key to User-Friendly Computers? - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030122_7027.htm
By Alex Salkever. Raskin helped design Apple's classic user interface. He is working on a new system that could be a big improvement. Brief accessible analysis. [BusinessWeek]
- Down With GUIs - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.06/1.6_guis.html
By Jef Raskin. Article stressing that GUIs are not human-compatible. As long as we hang on to interfaces as we now know them, computers will remain inherently frustrating, upsetting, stressful. [Wired 1.06]
- Keeping Interface Simple - http://www.newsobserver.com/business/technology/gilster/2003/story/1258501p-7371284c.html
By Paul Gilster. When Jef Raskin talks about computers, it pays to listen; he has spent his career thinking about how to make computing easier. Balanced, positive explanation of THE (Archy). [Raleigh News & Observer]
- Jef Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces - http://www.raskincenter.org/
Official site advancing the work of the author of The Humane Interface. Most complete site on Archy, was THE, The Humane Environment. Also writings on diverse topics, manual, specification, screenshot, bug list, CVS, downloads. [Open Source, GPL]
- Jef Raskin the Movie - http://jefthemovie.com/
Film on Raskin being made via Internet collaboration. Interviews, comments, sample footage, Raskin Lectures on Interface. Short segments use Creative Commons license.
- DigiBarn Friends: Jef Raskin, A Life of Design - http://www.digibarn.com/friends/jef-raskin/
Computer museum with many resources: photo galleries, information on early Apple I/II, Macintosh, IAI Swyft, Canon Cat, user interface experiments, other Raskin inventions; interviews, slides, remembrances by computer scientists.
- The Joy of Tech - http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/656.html
Touching memorial comic, features a Macintosh thanking Raskin.
- Crafting a Revolution - http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i21_aza.html
Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity]
- Jef Raskin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Raskin
Short but thorough biography, links. [Wikipedia]
- Talk Time: Jef Raskin - http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1331536,00.html
Frank, brief interview, criticism of Macintosh, thoughts on useful user interfaces, Hypercard, progress in computing. [Guardian Unlimited]
- UserFriendly - http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050306
Touching memorial comic, features hill topped with an Apple tree.
- Jef Raskin A to Z - http://www.usabilityviews.com/jef_by_date.html
List of about 60 articles by Raskin, with links to them.
- In Appreciation of Jef Raskin - http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_appreciation_of_j.html
Brief praise of Raskin, and critique of Archy zooming interface, with references, by usability expert Don Norman who was at Apple with Raskin, during the early years.
- Archy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy
Clear description of Archy (was THE), divided into interface components. [Wikipedia]
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