Inside MacintoshCaroline Rose
Inside Macintosh
by Caroline Rose · first published 1990
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…That kind of makes sense. Or should you use (0,0)-(1,1) for a single pixel, and (0,0)-(0,0) is an empty rectangle? These are not easy questions to answer. One of the best explanations I've seen was in Inside Macintosh, written by my friend Caroline Rose. Here is a discussion with Guido's and Caroline's thoughts on zeroes and ones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6602497 Let me leave you with an Amicus Curiae…
on “Cache invalidation is one of the hardest problems in computer science” ↗The old testament: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Inside-Macintosh-Volumes-III/dp/... The new testament: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Macintosh-Apple-Computer-Inc/dp... The book of common prayer: http://www.amazon.com/Macintosh-Human-Interface-Guidelines-C... The…
on “Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth” ↗…but then I thought the analogy might be a little far-fetched so I left it out. EDIT: I just remembered reading about Caroline Rose in Andy Hertzfeld diary: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Inside_Macintosh.... This passage was especially remarkable: Pretty soon, I figured out that if Caroline had trouble understanding something, it probably meant that the design was flawed. On a number of…
on “Why Python uses 0-based indexing. It's because of slices ” ↗Compare[1]: > Pretty soon, I figured out that if Caroline [Rose, the author of the original edition of Inside Macintosh] had trouble understanding something, it probably meant that the design was flawed. [1] https://www.folklore.org/Inside_Macintosh.html
on “Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)” ↗Be sure to check out her stories on Folkore.org: https://www.folklore.org/0-index.html?author=Caroline+Rose and esp.: https://www.folklore.org/Inside_Macintosh.html
on “Oral history of Caroline Rose, writer of Inside Macintosh (2023) [video]” ↗Your philosophy reminds me of my friend Caroline Rose. One of Caroline's claims to fame was writing the original Inside Macintosh. You may enjoy this story about her work: https://www.folklore.org/Inside_Macintosh.html As a counterpoint, the very worst "documentation" (scare quotes intended) I've ever seen was when I worked at…
on “A letter to those who fired tech writers because of AI” ↗