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Let us not forget, he designed the "Puck Mouse" that came with the iMac and G3 towers...

by bananas 13y ago

reustle 13y ago
For those who have never seen one, here is a picture http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/archives/pictures/three-apple-mice.jpg http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/archives/pictures/three-apple-m...
rbanffy 13y ago
I actually liked the puck mouse DEC bundled with their DECStations and VAXStations. http://arvutimuuseum.ut.ee/images/decstation_3100_mouse.jpg http://arvutimuuseum.ut.ee/images/decstation_3100_mouse.jpg
- bananas 13y ago
  I was never blessed with anything past a VT220 so didn't get to play with one of them. Really did like the VAX series of machines though. First day on the job, I was introduced to a VAXcluster that has an uptime of 6 years. Good times.
  - rbanffy 13y ago
    Don't feel bad. I only got to play with it for a couple hours. Maybe one day I'll be able to own one.
gfodor 13y ago
what have you designed?
- bananas 13y ago
  Many enclosures for electronic equipment, front panel designs for avionics and military equipment, many software interfaces, my house (which I'm trying to get planning permission for). I even built software for design and simulation of electronic equipment do you can test usability before you commit to building.
  - gfodor 13y ago
    I wasn't literally asking that for a list. I was asking it to make a point. If you haven't designed anything used by other people, you are in a poor position to criticize since you have no frame of reference. And if you have, you'd realize failure is a part of getting to a good design since it shows your willingness to take risks. In other words, criticizing a design is fair. The puck mouse sucked. Criticizing a person because they created a poor design is not and shows a lack of awareness of what design work involves.
marknutter 13y ago
Wait a minute.. are you suggesting that he got better as a designer throughout his career? I thought that was a trait unique only to us hackers.

Let us not forget, he designed the "Puck Mouse" that came with the iMac and G3 towers...

by bananas 13y ago

Let us not forget, he designed the "Puck Mouse" that came with the iMac and G3 towers...

For those who have never seen one, here is a picture http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/archives/pictures/three-apple-mice.jpg http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/archives/pictures/three-apple-m...

rbanffy 13y ago

I actually liked the puck mouse DEC bundled with their DECStations and VAXStations. http://arvutimuuseum.ut.ee/images/decstation_3100_mouse.jpg http://arvutimuuseum.ut.ee/images/decstation_3100_mouse.jpg

bananas 13y ago
I was never blessed with anything past a VT220 so didn't get to play with one of them. Really did like the VAX series of machines though. First day on the job, I was introduced to a VAXcluster that has an uptime of 6 years. Good times.
- rbanffy 13y ago
  Don't feel bad. I only got to play with it for a couple hours. Maybe one day I'll be able to own one.

gfodor 13y ago

what have you designed?

bananas 13y ago
Many enclosures for electronic equipment, front panel designs for avionics and military equipment, many software interfaces, my house (which I'm trying to get planning permission for). I even built software for design and simulation of electronic equipment do you can test usability before you commit to building.
- gfodor 13y ago
  I wasn't literally asking that for a list. I was asking it to make a point. If you haven't designed anything used by other people, you are in a poor position to criticize since you have no frame of reference. And if you have, you'd realize failure is a part of getting to a good design since it shows your willingness to take risks. In other words, criticizing a design is fair. The puck mouse sucked. Criticizing a person because they created a poor design is not and shows a lack of awareness of what design work involves.

marknutter 13y ago

Wait a minute.. are you suggesting that he got better as a designer throughout his career? I thought that was a trait unique only to us hackers.