Raskin died on Saturday night at his home in Pacifica, his family said in a statement. In December, he told friends he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Raskin joined Apple in 1978 – as its 31st employee – to start the young company’s publications department. At the time, computers were primarily text-based and users had to remember a series of arcane commands to perform the simplest tasks.
In 1979, Raskin had a different idea: a computer that was priced affordably, targeted at consumers and extremely easy to use. A small team, under his command, was put together at Apple to pursue his concept that would eventually become the Macintosh.
A brilliant and multi-talented man. His contributions have impacted industry for over two decades and will continue to for years to come. I’ll definately watch the movie and can’t wait to see what comes out of the Raskin Center project Archy.
Aaron Fulkerson 