Dan Bricklin
danb51.bsky.social
Dan Bricklin
@danb51.bsky.social
One of the VisiCalc guys, CTO @AlphaSoftware, DBDemo, blogger, podcaster, iPad app: NoteTakerHD, president of Software Garden, Inc. (SGI) Also: @[email protected]
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I was interviewed for the Learning from Machine Learning podcast. I'm really happy with how it turned out. (They edited it well to make me sound coherent.) "Lessons from Building the First Killer App" www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd85... and rss.com/podcasts/lea...
Dan Bricklin: Lessons from Building the First Killer App | Learning from Machine Learning #14
YouTube video by Learning from Machine Learning
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October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was interviewed for the Learning from Machine Learning podcast. I'm really happy with how it turned out. (They edited it well to make me sound coherent.) "Lessons from Building the First Killer App" www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd85... and rss.com/podcasts/lea...
Dan Bricklin: Lessons from Building the First Killer App | Learning from Machine Learning #14
YouTube video by Learning from Machine Learning
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October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Apple announced today it's adding spatial pen input to #VisionPro. The API supports the Logitech Muse pen (coming later this year). See this developer video of a 3D sculpting app with fine control: developer.apple.com/videos/play/... . It has position, buttons, and haptics (Yay!).
Explore spatial accessory input on visionOS - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer
Learn how you can integrate spatial accessories into your app. Display virtual content, interact with your app, track them in space, and...
developer.apple.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I get goosebumps watching people see the late Bill Atkinson first demo his MacPaint creation 40+ years ago to the public and answer questions. Today, you couldn't imagine it being new. In hindsight, that was an historic moment. Now, sadly, he's gone. Watch it and imagine how it must have felt.
Here’s Bill Atkinson (and rest of team) answering questions right after the Macintosh was debuted at the Boston Computer Society in 1984: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQ5... starting at 28:25 - he demos MacPaint and more. May his memory be a blessing!
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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June 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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It is so moving to watch a high point of the life of someone who changed the world in a way that enriched the lives of so many. The audience reaction (of techies who know they are watching an historic milestone) lets you feel it. #billatkinson
June 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reposted by Dan Bricklin
Here’s Bill Atkinson (and rest of team) answering questions right after the Macintosh was debuted at the Boston Computer Society in 1984: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQ5... starting at 28:25 - he demos MacPaint and more. May his memory be a blessing!
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here’s Bill Atkinson (and rest of team) answering questions right after the Macintosh was debuted at the Boston Computer Society in 1984: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQ5... starting at 28:25 - he demos MacPaint and more. May his memory be a blessing!
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For entrepreneurs, executives, and investors in the Boston area: Next Friday is the MTLC Innovation unConference. These have always been great in the past and I'm sure this year will be no exception: lu.ma/egnkh13x?tk=... (I've been on the board of the MTLC for many, many years.)
MTLC Innovation unConference · Luma
Who should attend: Entrepreneurs, investors, serial founders, seasoned CEOs, and other tech luminaries, representing AI, advanced manufacturing, clean tech,…
lu.ma
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a fascinating book. Teaches you so much about today’s real supply chains from a reporter who went along for the whole ride, from containers to boats to trucks and warehouses to your door.
In 2021 I published what I hoped would be *the* definitive book on how all our stuff gets to us, and how the ways that it does had completely transformed not just the global economy but the nature of work itself. It's more relevant than ever!

bookshop.org/p/books/arri...
Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
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April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Dan Bricklin
In 2021 I published what I hoped would be *the* definitive book on how all our stuff gets to us, and how the ways that it does had completely transformed not just the global economy but the nature of work itself. It's more relevant than ever!

bookshop.org/p/books/arri...
Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
bookshop.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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12 years after after Amazon promised it was just around the corner, widespread commercial drone delivery is finally coming to the U.S.

The technological enablers here are fascinating -- it turns out it was a design problem as much as anything.

(gift link)
The Drone-Delivery Service Beating Amazon to Your Front Door
Soon your burrito bowl could arrive via the sky. Zipline’s drones make deliveries by lowering small coolers on 300-foot cables.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After watching the new Metallica VisionPro video, I checked out some reviews, including on the ATP podcast (atp.fm/631). What I saw and noted while watching, everybody seems to agree is a great moment - not just for this video but in general. It's short, starting at about 12:15. 1/2
Accidental Tech Podcast: 631: The Colors Are the Pepperoni
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
atp.fm
March 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A great podcast series is @scott.hanselman.com 's Hanselminutes. The latest is an inspiring interview with Mary Lou Jepson about her work including non-invasive diagnostics and treatments for brain cancer & clots and more. www.hanselminutes.com/988/saving-l...
Saving lives with light with Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen - ACM ByteCast
In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with the visionary Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen, founder and CEO of Openwater. Dr. Jepsen shares her groundbreaking work in developing advanced imagi...
www.hanselminutes.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Reposted by Dan Bricklin
Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
2/2: (About Halt and Catch Fire Comdex interview): I also wrote blog posts (www.bricklin.com/albums/comde... , www.bricklin.com/albums/comde...).

Great for computer industry history buffs, and people who like the TV series. Enjoy!
Fall Comdex 1999: Dan Bricklins Journal
www.bricklin.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I was interviewed by Melissa Forziat for her podcast/Youtube channel about the Halt and Catch Fire cable TV series. For 45 min we talked about Comdex, especially 1983: youtu.be/1f6hEtAm26g

This stems from me posting non-fictional video from that time (www.bricklin.com/comdex83.htm) 1/2
Bonus Interview - Dan Bricklin on COMDEX - Halt and Catch Fire Podcast
YouTube video by Melissa Forziat, Take the Doughnut Keynote Speaker
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM