Editing Bill Atkinson (section)

== Apple ==
Raskin invited Atkinson to visit him at [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]; [[Steve Jobs]] persuaded him to join the company immediately as employee No. 51, and Atkinson never finished his PhD.<ref name="Isaacson2014" /><ref name="Tri244">{{Triangulation|244|Bill Atkinson}}</ref> Atkinson was the principal designer and developer of the [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) of the [[Apple Lisa]] and, later, one of the first thirty members of the original Apple [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] development team,<ref name="lemmons198402" /> and was the creator of the [[MacPaint]] application. He also designed and implemented [[QuickDraw]], the fundamental toolbox that the Lisa and Macintosh used for graphics. QuickDraw's performance was essential for the success of the Macintosh GUI. He also was one of the main designers of the Lisa and Macintosh [[user interface]]s. Atkinson also conceived, designed and implemented [[HyperCard]], an early and influential [[hypermedia]] system. HyperCard put the power of computer programming and database design into the hands of non[[programmer]]s. In 1994, Atkinson received the [[EFF Pioneer Award]] for his contributions.