Bill Atkinson worked at Apple Computer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, where Apple Macintosh visionary Jef Raskin was one of his professors. Atkinson continued his studies as a graduate student at the University of Washington. Apple Computer, Inc. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... The box for Mac OS X v10. ... Narrowly, a visionary is one who experiences a supernatural vision or apparition. ... Jef Raskin outdoors, photographed by his son, Aza Jef Raskin (March 9, 1943–February 26, 2005) was an American human-computer interface expert best-known for starting the Macintosh project for Apple Computer in the late 1970s. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ...

He designed and implemented HyperCard, the first popular hypertext system. Atkinson was also part of the Apple Macintosh development team and was key in the development of the MacPaint application, among others. Atkinson also designed and implemented QuickDraw, the fundamental toolbox that the Macintosh used for graphics. QuickDraw's performance was essential for the success of the Macintosh's graphical user interface. HyperCard HyperCard is an application program and a simple programming environment produced by Apple Computer which runs natively only in Mac OS versions 9 or earlier (it can still be used in Mac OS Xs Classic mode). ... In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ... The box for Mac OS X v10. ... MacPaint is a bitmap-based image editing computer program that was produced by Apple Computer for bundling with their Macintosh personal computer. ... Two quickdraws. ... An example of graphical user interface in Microsoft Windows XP An example of graphical user interface in Apples Mac OS X An example of one of the many X Windows graphical user interfaces available for Linux A graphical user interface (or GUI, pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting...

As of 2002, he was involved full-time in fine-art digital nature photography. Some of his photographs are available as e-cards in the "iCards" section of the Mac.com web site. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nikon Coolpix 950 Casio Exilim Digital photography, as opposed to film photography, uses an electronic sensor to record the image as a piece of electronic data rather than as chemical changes on film. ... A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... An E-card is a postcard, sent by means of the Internet, usually through email. ...

Some of Atkinson's noteworthy contributions to the field of computing include:

• Macintosh QuickDraw and Lisa LisaGraf
• marching ants
• the selection lasso
• fat bits
• HyperCard

Two quickdraws. ... The Marching ants effect is an animation technique often found in selection tools of computer graphics programs. ... A lasso is a loop of rope that is designed to be thrown around a target and tighten when pulled. ... HyperCard HyperCard is an application program and a simple programming environment produced by Apple Computer which runs natively only in Mac OS versions 9 or earlier (it can still be used in Mac OS Xs Classic mode). ...

External links

• Bill Atkinson Photography
• About Bill Atkinson
• Folklore.org anecdotes about Bill Atkinson