Grant Hutchinson

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Interface considerations.
Gadget accumulation.
Typography.

Maintainer of the Newton FAQ, Newton Glossary, and @newtontalk mailing list.

Tootcasting live from Calgary, Alberta.

Personalhttps://splorp.com
Typographyhttps://typostrophe.com
Newton FAQhttps://newtonfaq.com
Newton Glossaryhttps://newtonglossary.com

There is STILL time to tell MPs to vote NO on #BillC22! Civil society, academic experts, Apple, Signal, VPN companies – all have told government this legislation circumvents encryption and breaks 🇨🇦 privacy!

Please join your voice to them if you haven't already here: https://www.openmedia.org/StopC22

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

More PC Emulation Book stuff.

Working on the section for the CGA. Here's a visualization of how the Character Attribute byte applies color to your glyphs.

#retrocomputing

Thirty years ago today, Apple shipped the very first release of the Newton Internet Enabler, providing “… a suite of connectivity tools that allows Internet-based application development …”

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

https://web.archive.org/web/19981205172534/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1996/q3/960617.pr.rel.newton.html

Apple Ships Newton Internet Enabler

Apple Ships Newton Internet Enabler

Twenty nine years ago today (and less than a month after spinning out from Apple to become a wholly owned subsidiary) the Newton, Inc. team made its first major industry appearance during PC Expo at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

https://web.archive.org/web/19990202065156/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q3/970616.pr.rel.newton.html

Newton, Inc. Introduces Business Focus At PC Expo

Newton, Inc. Introduces Business Focus At PC Expo

My pharmacy’s on hold music this morning was Depeche Mode’s “People Are People” which is a vibe.
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Calexico (2) Inverse Phase (2) Pet Shop Boys (2) 8bitmatt (1) Ace Of Cups (1). #myweekcounted 55 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue

Thirty years ago today, Apple presented “Newton: A Day in the Life of Business Computing” at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

https://web.archive.org/web/19981202154403/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/media.alerts/1996/q3/960613.pr.alrt.newton.html

Newton: A Day in the Life of Business Computing

Newton: A Day in the Life of Business Computing

It’s been a hectic few months rebuilding the studio, getting a new Riso operational (and saying happy trails to the old one), and then finally turning on a new home for my studio output. https://mattereditions.com
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I’m pretty sure that @glennf would call bullshit on this, New York Times.