Jef Rakin Dies
The father of the Mac (jef Rakin) passed away from cancer. Due to constant arguments and fall out between Rakin and Steve Jobs (Apple co-founder), Rakin left Apple in the early 80’s, but continued developing innovative machinces and user interfaces, though none were particularly successful despite their innonvation. The Canon Kat - learn more about it here, here and here - was what Rakin viewed as the next generation Mac but it never got effectively marketed or used.
Rakin’s other endevours include Innovative Appliance and Swyft (the company that developed the Kat for Canon). Though he, his ideas, and his other projects were never the market success that Apple Mac was, Rakin lived his life calling for improved designs and ideas in computer interfaces, with more power and less complexity for the user. Rakin’s voice in the computer world will be missed.
