Aza Raskin
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| Aza Raskin | |
 Aza Raskin, 2005
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| Born | 1984 California, USA |
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| Education | Math, Physics B.S. (University of Chicago) Physics, Computation and Neural Systems Ph.D (Caltech, dropped out) |
| Occupation | interface guru, entrepreneur |
| Parents | Jef Raskin, Linda S. Blum |
| Website http://www.azarask.in |
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Aza Raskin (born 1984) is an American design expert[1] and interface guru[2]. He is the son of noted human-computer interface expert Jef Raskin.
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[edit] Biography
Raskin gave his first talk on user interfaces at age 10 at the local San Francisco chapter of SIGCHI.[3] By 20, he was speaking internationally.[4] He holds bachelor degrees in math and physics from the University of Chicago.[5] He attended Caltech briefly as a Ph.D. student in Physics, continuing the dark matter research he had participated in at both the University of Chicago and University of Tokyo.[citation needed] The University of Chicago was the only school Raskin ever completed, having left middle school, high school, and graduate school.[citation needed]
In 2004, Aza Raskin worked with Jef Raskin at the Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces on Archy, a new user interface paradigm.[6] The next year, he founded Humanized Inc. to continue work on the Archy paradigm. At Humanized, he created the language-based service-oriented Enso software.
In 2008, Raskin and the other Humanized employees were part of a hire-out by the Mozilla Corporation.[7] Raskin is currently the head of user experience at Mozilla Labs[5] and has been instrumental in many projects including Firefox Mobile[8] and Ubiquity.[9]
Raskin is successful entrepreneur having founded two other companies, including Songza, a music meta-search tool; Bloxes, which sells furniture made out of cardboard[10]. Songza was acquired in late 2008 by Amazon-backed Amie Street, for reportedly in the low seven figures[11]. He also has a number of smaller projects like Algorithm Ink, which generates art from a formal grammar.[12]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Campofiorito, Matteo (September 1, 2008). "Interview with Aza Raskin, Head of User Experience for Mozilla Labs". oneopensource. http://www.oneopensource.it/01/09/2008/interview-aza-raskin-head-of-user-experience-for-mozilla-labs/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (March 8, 2009). "Firefox, too, revamping new-tab behavior". CNET News. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10191921-2.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-10.
- ^ Raskin, Jef; Aza Raskin (September 13, 1994). "The Interface Paradox". BayCHI Monthly Program. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Raskin, Aza (2004). "The Failure of Applications". EuroPython 2004.
- ^ a b Raskin, Aza. "Aza's Thoughts - About me". http://www.azarask.in/blog/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ McCarthy, Jack (February 28, 2005). "Mac creator Jef Raskin dies of cancer". InfoWorld. http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/001138.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Raskin, Aza (January 16, 2008). "Joining Mozilla". Humanized. http://humanized.com/weblog/2008/01/16/joining-mozilla/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Schonfeld, Erick (June 11, 2008). "Zoom, Pan, Throw: A Peek At What Firefox Mobile Could Be". TechCrunch. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/11/zoom-pan-throw-a-peek-at-what-firefox-mobile-could-be/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Raskin, Aza (August 26, 2008). "Introducing Ubiquity". Mozilla Labs. http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Wenzel, Elsa (March 7, 2008). "Cardboard key to a 'green' office space". CNET News. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9888750-54.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Aime Street Swallows Songza
- ^ Algorithm Ink
[edit] References
- Mossberg, Walter S. (January 25, 2007). "For Those Nostalgic For Typed Commands, Enso Does a Nice Job". Wall Street Journal. http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20070125/avoid-using-mouse/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- de Avila, Joseph (March 2, 2008). "Former DJ Tests Music Sites". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120475596188314697.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Meyer, Ann (February 12, 2007). "A simpler approach to computers". Chicago Tribune. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/feb/12/business/chi-0702120019feb12. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Blitstein, Ryan (February 15, 2008). "Software You Shouldn't Ever Notice". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2008/db20080214_532057.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Norman, Donald (May/June 2007). "The next UI breakthrough: command lines". Interactions (Association for Computing Machinery) 14 (3): 44-45. doi:. http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/ui_breakthroughcomma.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- "Crafting a Revolution". Ubiquity (Association for Computing Machinery) 5 (21). July 21-27, 2004. http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i21_aza.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- "Archy - ny måde at bruge computeren på" (in Danish). Harddisken (DR). October 22, 2005. http://www.dr.dk/P1/harddisken/Udsendelser/Arkiv/2005/10/205502.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- "Interview: Ubiquity, Mozilla's magic mashup maker". TechRadar (Future plc). September 10, 2008. http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/interview-ubiquity-mozilla-s-magic-mashup-maker-464021. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Schwan, Ben (March 14, 2007). "Heutige Computer halten uns doch nur von unserer Arbeit ab" (in German). Technology Review (German edition). http://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/86582. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Ha, Anthony (August 27, 2008). "Mozilla Labs’ Aza Raskin talks about the big picture for Ubiquity". http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/27/mozilla-labs-aza-raskin-talks-about-the-big-picture-for-ubiquity/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
[edit] Writing
- Raskin, Aza (July 13, 2007). "Never Use A Warning When You Mean Undo". A List Apart. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/neveruseawarning. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Notes from Raskin, Aza (October 24, 2006). "Death of the Desktop". The Ajax Experience. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Raskin, Aza (June 30, 2006). "Collaboration Made Simple with Bracket Notation". Humanized. http://www.humanized.com/weblog/2006/06/30/collaboration_made_simple_with_bracket_notation/. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Raskin, Aza (January/February 2008). "The Linguistic Command Line". Interactions (Association for Computing Machinery) 15 (1): 19-22. http://mags.acm.org/interactions/20080102/?pg=20&pm=2.
- Contributor to Jakobsson, Markus; Myers, Steven, eds (2006). Phishing and Counter-Measures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft. Wiley. pp. 800. ISBN 0-471-78245-9. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471782459,descCd-description.html.
[edit] Talks
- Raskin, Aza (May 4, 2007). "Away with Applications: The Death of the Desktop". Google Tech Talk. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- Raskin, Aza (April 2, 2008). "Don't Make Me Click". Google Tech Talk. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
