Bill Atkinson, Inventor or HyperCard, dies aged 74

[Bob Sneidar]

My first Hypercard app was for a radio ministry. It tracked call in responses to promotions we aired so we could see what stations were effective. Eventually it had a weighted formula for calculating cost vs. income for airing on each radio station. It even cut checks! 

Bob S


> On Jun 9, 2025, at 10:11 AM, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Very sorry to hear that. HC turned a hobby and research aid in grad school i=
> nto being the nucleus to bring together a number of hats into a career for 3=
> 5 years. Certainly gave me a new and interesting path in life when I decided=
> not to be a prof after post doc. I was able to use HC for some projects eve=
> ryone said would require C programming and way more time and effort than it e=
> nded up taking with HC (PC side ended up that way though!). That then lead t=
> o MetaCard.=20
> 
> All this stuff rests on Bill=E2=80=99s shoulders and neurons. Only met him o=
> nce, but was a very sweet chap to me when he didn't have to be. Same sort of=
> spirit bubbled out of HC and thus the community that formed around it and l=
> ater MetaCard and LiveCode. Nice legacy.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jeff=20=
> 
> 
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