RIP Jef Raskin

From Wired Mag:
"Jef Raskin, a computer interface expert who conceived Apple Computer's groundbreaking Macintosh computer but left the company before it came to market, has died. He was 61...
Raskin joined Apple in 1978 — as its 31st employee...
'His role on the Macintosh was the initiator of the project, so it wouldn't be here if it weren't for him,' said Andy Hertzfeld, an early Mac team member."