“One of the first people he hired was Laura Urban Perry, a graphic designer… [from] an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle.

“He wanted me to be sitting next to the engineers so that there was this interaction and constant communications about how this new graphical interface software should work,” Ms. Perry said in an interview. “He was just incredibly meticulous and focused on the customer, making sure the software was easy to use.”

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