Peter ten Kleij

[Ministère de la Culture 🇫🇷 @MinistereCC]

Cette année, la Fête de la musique fait son retour ce 21 juin partout en France.

À cette l’occasion, l’Orchestre national de Jazz, qui célèbre ses 40 ans, se produira dans les jardins du Palais-Royal : https://t.co/xSiGfVqoWb

© 📷 Sylvaine Hélary, With Carla / ® Julien Mignot

[Mike McQuaid @MikeMcQuaid]

Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.

Since 5.1.0: secure tap trusting, faster JSON API, Linux sandboxing, better defaults, brew bundle improvements, improved performance, initial macOS Golden Gate support.

https://t.co/xUd9VLksEW

[Oneway @OneWayMusicX]

Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
- What Have I Done To Deserve This

[Basic Apple Guy @BasicAppleGuy]

28 Years ago, Apple unveiled the iMac G3.

[Peter ten Kleij @perfrosk]

@ClassicII_MrMac

[MacRumors.com @MacRumors]

Europe's Largest Apple Museum Opens in the Netherlands With 50 Years of Products on Display https://t.co/M0zHgpIRcd

[Punt Road @punt_rd]

Tears For Fears legend Curt Smith and his daughter, Diva, singing an acoustic version of his band’s classic track ‘Mad World’. Now that’s Daddy Daughter connection!

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

I might as well just change my account name to Mr. Little Finder Guy 😅

I’m sorry, I just love this little guy!😍

[Basic Apple Guy @BasicAppleGuy]

Lil Finder Guy Collection

[Gammitin (Ben) 💾 @Gammitin]

Settled in for an evening of browsing the internet like it's the 90's on NexSTEP OS machine. Searching around to find old http sites still running.
I thought this was quite apt: Tim Berners-Lee's first World Wide Web page, that was hosted on a NeXT Computer.
I'm Geeking Out 🤓

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

Happy 25th Birthday OS X!🥳🎉

At exactly midnight on March 24, 2001, Apple released Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) in retail stores

What followed became history, and to this day I consider it the greatest OS ever built

This special day deserved a real party, and everyone showed up🥹

[Peter ten Kleij @perfrosk]

@ClassicII_MrMac 🤞 🍀

[Vivaldi Browser @vivaldibrowser]

At Vivaldi, we believe you have the right to run whatever software you want on a device you own.

That’s why we’ve co-signed this open letter, together with other 53 organisations, requesting Google to back off on the policy before it enters into force.

https://t.co/2h1BFvDe2I

[XLibre @XLibreDev]

#Xfce will keep #X11 compatibility for the foreseeable future besides their work on their Xfwl4 #Wayland compositor. That's stated at https://t.co/9ucmmHXSdL and still holds true as verified with some Xfce developers. We're happy to provide an X11 server to run Xfce on. #XLibre

[Philosophy Of Physics @PhilosophyOfPhy]

She taught computers how to smile and changed how the world sees technology.

Cupertino, 1983. The Macintosh team was building a personal computer for ordinary people, not engineers. The hardware was revolutionary, but there was a problem: computers still felt cold and intimidating. Green text on black screens. Cryptic commands. No warmth. No welcome. Steve Jobs wanted the Macintosh to feel different approachable, even friendly.Someone suggested Susan Kare.

She wasn’t a programmer. She wasn’t an engineer. She was a sculptor and graphic designer with a fine arts PhD. She had never designed software. Jobs offered her a short-term contract to create a few icons for the new machine.She said yes.

At the time, the Macintosh screen measured just nine inches diagonally, with a resolution of 512 by 342 pixels. Every icon had to fit into a tiny 32-by-32 pixel grid, in black and white. There were no established conventions. No visual language for graphical interfaces. Susan wasn’t refining a system she was inventing one.

She began with graph paper. Each square represented a pixel. She sketched carefully, testing shapes that could communicate meaning instantly. A trash can for deleting files. A folder that resembled the manila folders found in offices. A document that looked like a sheet of paper. A floppy disk for saving work. Visual metaphors rooted in everyday life.

Then she created the smiling Macintosh face—the “Happy Mac.” When users turned on their computer, it greeted them with a https://t.co/VbJ6R3A8Rk was a small detail. It changed everything.

Until then, computers had no personality. Susan gave the Macintosh warmth. She understood that technology adoption isn’t just about power or speed—it’s about comfort. People needed to feel invited, not intimidated.

Her influence extended beyond icons. She designed typefaces for the Macintosh, naming them after cities Chicago, Geneva, Monaco. Chicago became the system font seen by millions for decades. She created the Command key symbol based on a Scandinavian campsite marker so it would feel universal rather than language-specific. She even designed the whimsical “dogcow” graphic in the print dialog box an unnecessary but charming detail that made users smile.

When the Macintosh launched in 1984, its friendliness stood out. The interface felt intuitive because it was built on visual metaphors people already understood. Other companies quickly followed. Microsoft Windows adopted similar icon conventions. The visual vocabulary Susan created became the foundation of modern user interface design.

Decades later, we still use her language. The trash can icon. The folder. The floppy disk symbol for saving long after floppy disks disappeared. Her early pixel sketches shaped the way billions of people interact with technology every day.

Susan went on to design for NeXT, Microsoft, Facebook, Pinterest, and others. In 2015, she received the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement. Her original Macintosh icon sketches now sit in the Museum of Modern Art.

She proved that design is not decoration it is communication. It bridges complexity and clarity. It transforms tools into companions.
Before Susan Kare, computers were machines.
After Susan Kare, they smiled.And once technology learned to smile, the world was finally ready to embrace it.

( Credit: Martinbutler )

[Peter ten Kleij @perfrosk]

@ClassicII_MrMac https://t.co/28T0db19gW

[Linuxiac @linuxiac]

Calibre 9.2 introduces security fixes, ZIP output changes, and multiple bug fixes across the e-book viewer and bookshelf.
https://t.co/2qidErzqm9

#Calibre #Ebooks #OpenSource

[zyd hockey @zydhockey]

https://t.co/7AvnOxhz39

New Show for a new year !!
It’s loosely a soul special … sorta ! As in more than a few soul records in this show …. Hope you like it 😃

[Peter ten Kleij @perfrosk]

@RetroTechChris You can dual boot it with a Linux distribution by using https://t.co/oeWmaxiKC4

[Midas Touch Records @chrisanderton1]

£5.00 Clearance 45s updated today plus Pressings/ Reissues updated today too!

[sunnyboy66 @sunnyboy_66]

Various – The V-Lips - Greatest Hits (A Collection Of Sixteen Great Beat/Punk Tracks From The Sixties) Album LP Compilation

A Collection of Sixteen Great Dutch 🇳🇱 Beat/Punk Tracks From The Sixties.

Enjoy on sunnyboy66 Youtube channel : https://t.co/WKWgmt9iuG

#SUNNYBOY66 #60s