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Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface

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425 points cainxinth | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dare944 ◴[11 Jul 25 15:22 UTC] No.44533200[source]▶
Off-topic, but I have to...

(From the photo caption) "Bill ... with his iphone prototype"

Nope. That's a Sony Magic Link, built by Bill (and others, myself included) during his time at General Magic. I feel General Magic is another one of Bill's endeavors that isn't widely understood or appreciated.

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piyiotisk ◴[11 Jul 25 19:49 UTC] No.44536204[source]▶
Who are you sir? I am a big fan of the general magicians
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dare944 ◴[11 Jul 25 22:47 UTC] No.44537561[source]▶
My name is Jay. I guess I was one of the "lesser" magicians. I worked on the Telescript side, doing infrastructure for the Telescript engine. But I got to interact with both Bill and Andy, and Phil and Tony, who I followed to further ventures. My experience at General Magic was certainly eye opening and super educational.
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1. the-rc ◴[12 Jul 25 06:04 UTC] No.44539710[source]▶
OMG. I was a fan of Telescript (and Obliq) at the time. I still believe that Java and the hype surrounding it contributed to the demise of mobile agents, although I'm sure that reality was more complex than that. Kudos for having such a cool job!