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aires , 4 months ago to blackmastodon

Do you, or have you ever, used a graphical user interface? If you use #Windows, #macOS, or any version of #Linux with a window manager or desktop environment, you can thank Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis.

Dr. Ellis worked at Xerox PARC, the research organization that developed the modern GUI. Icons, windows, the mouse, Ethernet-based networking, laser printing - all of these (and more) came out of PARC. Dr. Ellis led the team that created Officetalk, the first program to use icons and the Internet. He got his start at 15 years old showing a local tech company how to reuse punch cards, which was a game-changer back in 1958.

Oh, and he was also the first black man to earn a PhD in Computer Science.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #ComputerScience @blackmastodon

https://elective.collegeboard.org/clarence-skip-ellis-computer-science-pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ellis_(computer_scientist)
https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes/season-6/clarence-ellis

aires , 4 months ago to blackmastodon

And now for a man who needs no introduction.

Thom Yorke (Radiohead): "He was a massive inspiration to so many of us, changed things...For me the way he put words was often shocking in its genius, using stream of consciousness in a way I'd never heard before."

Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest): "Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper"

Flying Lotus: "All u ever needed in hip-hop was [Madvillainy]. Sorted. Done. Give it to the fucking aliens."

Hershini Young, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies: "[He positioned] himself as enemy, not only of the music industry but also of dominant constructions of identity that relegate him as a black man to second-class citizenship"

Just remember: ALL CAPS when you spell the man's name.

#MFDOOM #DangerDoom #Madvillain #ViktorVaughn #KingGhidora #Madvillainy #HipHop #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon