Hacker News
- -2000 Lines of Code (2007) https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html 211 comments
- Calculator Construction Set https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Calculator_Construction_Set.txt 18 comments
- Stolen from Apple (2004) https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&sortOrder=Sort+by+Comments&story=Stolen_From_Apple.txt 44 comments
- Do It (2004) https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Do_It.txt 102 comments
- Round rectangles are everywhere (1981) https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.txt 26 comments
- Apple II Mouse Card (1981) https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Apple_II_Mouse_Card.txt 50 comments
- The first image on the very first Macintosh (2004) http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&story=Scrooge_McDuck.txt 14 comments
- -2000 Lines of Code http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt 131 comments
- Credit Where Due: Why the Mac design team got credit for their work (1983) http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&story=Credit_Where_Due.txt 9 comments
- -2000 Lines Of Code http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt&sub=HN0 34 comments
- Apple History: The "Mac" was almost renamed "Bicycle" http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Bicycle.txt 2 comments
- Steve Jobs: Thank you for disobeying me http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Hide_Under_This_Desk.txt 30 comments
- The story of round rectangles http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.txt 77 comments
- -2000 Lines Of Code (metrics == bad) (1982) http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt 2 comments
- Make a Mess, Clean it Up http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Make_a_Mess%2C_Clean_it_Up%21.txt 20 comments
- Boot Beep: The Story and Source Code of the Mac's Boot Chime http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&story=Boot_Beep.txt&topic=Software+Design 3 comments
Lobsters
- -2000 Lines Of Code http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt&sub=HN0 3 comments culture , mac
- -2000 Lines Of Code https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt 76 comments programming
- Round Rects Are Everywhere! https://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?story=round_rects_are_everywhere.txt 74 comments programming
- Folklore.org: Jobs hated expandability and didn't want slots in his computers. http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=diagnostic_port.txt&topic=hardware%20design&sortorder=sort%20by%20date&detail=medium 63 comments apple
- Round Rects Are Everywhere! https://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?story=round_rects_are_everywhere.txt 9 comments apple
- How Steve Jobs got Andy Hertzfeld to work on the Macintosh http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=black_wednesday.txt 7 comments apple
- -2000 Lines of Code http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=negative_2000_lines_of_code.txt&sub=hn0 370 comments programming
- "I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody's going to see it." http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=pc_board_esthetics.txt 3 comments apple
- TIL: Why Apple took the apple off of the command key http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=swedish_campground.txt 99 comments apple
- Development of Switcher http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?story=switcher.txt 21 comments programming
- How Macintosh was almost renamed Bicycle http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=bicycle.txt&topic=management&sortorder=sort%20by%20date&detail=medium 5 comments apple
- Make a mess, clean it up! http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=make_a_mess,_clean_it_up!.txt 41 comments programming
- How Steve Jobs Met Don Knuth http://folklore.org/storyview.py?story=close_encounters_of_the_steve_kind.txt 70 comments programming
- A Rich Neighbor Named Xerox http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=a_rich_neighbor_named_xerox.txt&characters=bill%20gates&sortorder=sort%20by%20date&detail=medium 81 comments programming
- Switcher - the origin of application switching http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=switcher.txt 10 comments programming
- The Story of the Mac's Boot Chime (and the source code!) http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=boot_beep.txt&topic=software%20design&sortorder=sort%20by%20date 45 comments programming
- Oldie but a goodie: "Make a Mess, Clean it Up!" http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?story=make_a_mess,_clean_it_up!.txt 11 comments programming
- Are you gonna do it? http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=are_you_gonna_do_it.txt 54 comments programming
- Steve Jobs confronts Bill Gates about copying the Mac, and Bill's classic response http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=a_rich_neighbor_named_xerox.txt&topic=microsoft&sortorder=sort%20by%20date&detail=medium 40 comments reddit.com
- Steve Jobs to Donald Knuth: "I've read all your books"; Knuth to Steve: "You're full of shit" http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=close_encounters_of_the_steve_kind.txt&topic=inspiration&sortorder=sort%20by%20date&detail=medium 22 comments programming
- Where that weird logo on the Apple key came from... http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=swedish_campground.txt&topic=software%20design&sortorder=sort%20by%20date 13 comments reddit.com
- It's hard to measure progress by lines of code (the -2000 line week) http://www.folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=negative_2000_lines_of_code.txt 25 comments programming
- Close Encounters of the Steve Kind-it does not pay to lie to Don Knuth http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=close_encounters_of_the_steve_kind.txt 4 comments reddit.com
- "Make a Mess, Clean it Up!" - How the original Mac team approached tough situations http://folklore.org/storyview.py?project=macintosh&story=make_a_mess,_clean_it_up!.txt 7 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- The rise and fall of 6502 gaming. The life of the computer chip that… | by Ted Spence | tedspence.com https://tedspence.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-6502-gaming-31b84e2d0cd?gi=566d1df6c491 39 comments
- Mac History 85.10 - Welcome to Macintosh - SystemTalk https://systemtalk.org/post/macintosh-history-8510/ 33 comments
- Dead Metaphors in Computer Science | Matthias Endler https://endler.dev/2020/folklore/ 14 comments
- Would Steve Jobs Have Liked the New Biography? I Don’t Think So | by Andy Hertzfeld | Backchannel | Medium https://medium.com/backchannel/would-steve-jobs-have-liked-the-new-biography-i-don-t-think-so-c9ceb4fc3005 7 comments
- GitHub - torchhound/warren: Links to lose yourself in, curated from HN and other sources https://github.com/torchhound/warren 3 comments
- Uses This / Andy Hertzfeld http://andy.hertzfeld.usesthis.com/ 2 comments
- How to start a collection of classic Macs | Cult of Mac https://www.cultofmac.com/768264/collecting-vintage-macs/ 0 comments
- Apple's Macintosh, 25 years on | Apple | The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/23/apple-macintosh-25 0 comments
- Bret Victor’s Reading List · GitHub https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777 0 comments
- Milestones of User Interface Design | Medium https://medium.com/@borism/menus-metaphors-and-materials-milestones-of-user-interface-design-f3f75481c46c/ 0 comments