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TFA is a podcast but I wanted to find images of the product in question. Two links deep I found this PDF which is a multi page advertisement, in case you’re cur
by SequoiaHope 4y ago
TFA is a podcast but I wanted to find images of the product in question. Two links deep I found this PDF which is a multi page advertisement, in case you’re curious what is being discussed!
http://www.canoncat.net/cat/Cat%20Advertisement.pdf http://www.canoncat.net/cat/Cat%20Advertisement.pdf
- SllX 4y agoIt’s interesting. I knew of the Canon Cat and that it was called that for a number of years. Seeing that advertisement puts into context a little bit why it might have been called a “Cat”. Note that there’s no mouse and they emphasize this part and the part Jef Raskin had in originating the Macintosh project at Apple.
- eludwig 4y agoThe "cat" that ate the mouse? If so, a clever reverse dig at Jobs? (it did seem like there was bad blood there)
- SllX 4y agoThat’s what I’m thinking, but with the mouse serving as a proxy for the Macintosh. Jobs took over the Macintosh Project after being removed from the Lisa Project and the vision became something else: the thing we’re familiar with. The Canon Cat is closer to what the Macintosh would have been if this hadn’t happened, and Jef Raskin wasn’t the biggest fan of the Mouse either.
- pbronez 4y agoI found that too - useful overview for the product vision. They were really excited about stuff like: - automatically alphabetize a list - look up and dial a phone number - pull up a calendar - intelligent sleep & continuous save Fascinating to see these features when they were selling points!