Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  The Man Who Should Be King (15 Oct 2004) IF YOU THOUGHT APPLE CEO STEVE JOBS was the driving force behind the first Mac, think again -- the original concept was the brainchild of Jef Raskin. Raskin officially joined Apple as employee number 31 in 1978 as director of publications. In 1976, prior to this position, he was responsible for writing the manual for the Apple II, and the format he developed for this went on to become an industry standard. Article URL: http://jef.raskincenter.org/published/jefraskin_king.html Read 59 more articles from Jef Raskin sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Heavy hand of the law     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy