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An interview with James Gosling on the 30th anniversary of Java. It's a good profile of the man and his work as I knew little about him.

At Sun, Gosling found a rare environment where technical excellence could thrive alongside playful creativity — an atmosphere that clearly shaped his approach to technology and problem-solving throughout his career.

thenewstack.io/java-at-30-the-

The New Stack · Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed TechFrom trash-diving teen to tech pioneer, James Gosling's pragmatic genius shaped three decades of Java and modern computing.

Switzerland is hosting Eurovision this year. How did the country that produced one of the most iconic fonts of all time, that’s even named after their country, decide to use Garamond?!
Helvetica would have been perfection.

(I do appreciate that Garamond italic insofar as it reminds me of the Sun Microsystems wordmark)

Replied to Tom Lyon ✅

@aka_pugs

Wow, a rich & insightful story, beautifully told.

A period of incredible creativity and enterprise.

"We each followed the other around for a while, thinking they had been there already." Ha, yes, I had a similar experience once, in my field. Thus seniority comes about.

Also, I love the way you use photographs / illustrations as section headings in your blog, brilliant!