Simon Willison on Nostr: "If you have had any prior experience with personal computers, what you might expect ...
"If you have had any prior experience with personal computers, what you might expect to see is some sort of opaque code, called a “prompt,” consisting of phosphorescent green or white letters on a murky background. What you see with Macintosh is the Finder. On a pleasant, light background (you can later change the background to any of a number of patterns, if you like), little pictures called “icons” appear, representing choices available to you." - Steven Levy on the launch of the Mac in 1984
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