On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Jules Richardson < jules.richardso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/2015 07:40 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: > >> Having typed that subject line I'm changing my attitude slightly >> > > Can someone ask if those are Steve Jobs' dead skin cells still stuck to > the front pads? > > > > Two words: Xerox Alto. It was never a "massive commercial success" but then, it wasn't designed or intended to be such. But it incorporated a mouse ten years before the Lisa's introduction. There were things you just couldn't do without the mouse, either (for example, using the Neptune file manager, or the all-important task of playing pool). -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."