Kazie™Nov 12
"The clever story of ending Steve's critiques of the Calculator app"
- I guess it’s the beginning of user-configurable GUI. I appreciate Jobs being picky and Espinosa being creative solving problems.
#Apple #SteveJobs #ChrisEspinosa
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/12/the-clever-story-of-ending-steve-jobs-critiques-of-the-macintosh-calculator-app/
The clever story of ending Steve's critiques of the Calculator app

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was infamous for his harsh critiques of the work of his team. Hardware or software, if...

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Ars Technica NewsNov 12
Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes https://arstechni.ca/Evoh #softwaredevelopment #userinterfacedesign #talesoftechhistory #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #talesoftechlore #retrocomputing #AndyHertzfeld #ChrisEspinosa #Folklore.org #talesoftech #calculator #classicmac #Macintosh #QuickDraw #retrotech #SteveJobs #Apple #apple #MacOS #Tech #1982 #1984
Ars Technica NewsNov 12
The Mac calculator’s original design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for ten minutes https://arstechni.ca/UzcL #softwaredevelopment #userinterfacedesign #talesoftechhistory #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #talesoftechlore #retrocomputing #AndyHertzfeld #ChrisEspinosa #Folklore.org #talesoftech #calculator #classicmac #Macintosh #QuickDraw #retrotech #SteveJobs #Apple #apple #MacOS #Tech #1982 #1984
The Mac calculator’s original design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes

In 1982, a young Mac developer turned Jobs into a UI designer—and accidentally invented a new technique.

Ars Technica
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 28, 2025
🖥️🚀 In a quest to build the world's most revolutionary #calculator, Apple's child prodigy Chris Espinosa was tasked with translating Steve Jobs' enigmatic visions into code. But let's be real, was it a calculator or an existential crisis in binary form? 🤔🔢
https://www.folklore.org/Calculator_Construction_Set.html #Apple #ChrisEspinosa #Innovation #ExistentialCrisis #HackerNews #ngated
Folklore.org: Calculator Construction Set

Mathew ThomasJul 11, 2024
#ChrisEspinosa
#Apple's #longestserving #employee
His reasons for Apple's #success :
1. #Empathy : know your customer, know what they want.
2. #Focus : do fewer things better.
3. #Impute : always carry value in everything you do.
https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/chris-espinosa-meet-apple-longest-serving-employee-from-steve-jobs-garage-at-14-years-old-to-tim-cook-technology-giant/amp-11720499352296.html