This woman, Susan Kare, designed some of the very first desktop and computer icons. Most icons on PCs and Phones, are based off of her original pixel art work! A real pioneer of pixel art
You’ve been bamboozled! They still do that today don’t they? You’ll hear them say “iPhone” without using a “the” in front, like it’s a friend’s name. Now it’s friendly. I wonder if other brands do that.
This woman is a legend in computing. I once got to work with another one of the original programmers/designers. This small team invented the mouse, the idea of icons, the idea of them existing spatially on a screen…so many things that just “feel natural” today when we use computers, were thought out and created by a small group. I didn’t get ASMR from this but that’s because I was so riveted by the history!
Actually Xerox developed a lot of these ideas but didn't commercialize them properly. My friend worked with one at Boeing back in the day before Mac. The Xerox Alto. Had a portrait monitor, a GUI and a mouse! And later the Xerox Star. Xerox showed the intellectual property to Apple in return for being able to buy stock options. At least they got in on the ground floor LOL
Apple invented the mouse? How bout we make at least a minimal effort to stave off the Idiocracy. Accurate facts are out there, for anyone who cares enough to find them. Doug Englebart's 'Mother of All Demos' happened when Steve Jobs was a 13 year old boy. Years before he ever met Woz. Years before Apple Computer ever existed. Let alone before their Mac or Lisa teams were ever formed. December 9, 1968 The computer mouse and much more are presented in San Francisco: ruclips.net/video/B6rKUf9DWRI/видео.html
I remember my elementary school had a computer room with these first macs. Instructed how to type and also played a game with early settlers and their covered wagons haha
what's wild is she was a programming genius. so it is incredible indeed that she was able to communicate information to laymen in an easy-to-digest way instead of using programming jargon.
Like the screen, keyboard and mouse? 😂 I never thought I'd hear someone say computers from the 1980's are not much different than the computers from the 2020's.
This was my first computer and I loved it so much. The little things like the shake and the happy Mac boot screen and flipping that dog eared corner of the notepad - they made it feels warm and friendly
Crazy to think this was almost 40 years ago. The instructor is at least in her late 60s by now. Time is such a crazy thing. WW2 was happening 40 years before this video was recorded.
This actually gave me a brief shivers - WW2 was as far from this video as we are. I once saw a 1950s TV interview of a man from a higher family who was raised by his grandfather in the 19th century, who had actually talked to Napoleon as a young man.
Her voice is lovely. What an awesome flashback! My first Mac was a Power Mac, but I remember seeing this version of Mac when I was a kid. It was like magic.
Yeah... There's a few times she goes more in depth into why certain decisions were made in the UI... That still apply to Apple software and UI today. She truly understood the value of imagery and workflow and tying the two together, which is the core reason apple has appealed to so many people for so long. If guestimate she was about a decade ahead of her time.
I remember feeling concerned of being technologically left behind, because I didn't know what email was, and certainly didn't know what RAM or icons were. Diskettes, floppy or otherwise, dot matrix printers, fax machines were all an exciting, albeit scary change from our typewriters. lol (sort of like the excited fear you felt when you figured out how to ride without training wheels) I ordered a home study course that came with a bulky desktop computer. I learned how to use it and the rest was history. My computer's hard drive was a mind blowing single Gigabyte. 😂 it was a super exciting time. when the internet came along, we were 🤯🤯🤯🤯 lol
Back when people spoke normal. Now everything I watch they stressssss the ssssesss. Sounds like a bunch of creepy snakes. Its SO bizzare! This video is great. Its why I watch alot of older programs. Almost everything new is so over the top trying to talk sexy to the point its awkward. Even the men!!?
this is awesome, she has such a great vibe. according to wikipedia “As a pioneer of pixel art and of the graphical computer interface, she has been celebrated as one of the most significant designers of modern technology” wow!
@charleswhite758 Lmao - the wording makes it seem like she invented modern tech, instead of just making a couple of icons and fonts. Reminds me of the girl who "wrote the code to unveil a blackhole", when all she did was make a few UI edits.
That’s putting it in simple terms. Back in those days, it was “modern technology. People built on the work she did. That’s amazing. What the did you do asshole?
@charleswhite758 Yeah. They have to lie about everything since their self-esteem is so low. If they told the truth more, it'd actually help them, but I no longer care about helping them. That ship sailed long ago.
3:38 this is such a small feature but even back then they were thinking about people with disabilities and older people using computers, because they’re supposed to be for everyone
I just want to forget everything I know about computers and other tech and just watch this video and get amazed by this new invention! Just want to feel what people in 70's and 80's must have felt!
I was in college when the Mac came out. That same semester in my intro computer science class we were programming using punch cards on mainframes, there wasn’t any screen, let alone a mouse or icons etc. The IBM PC had just come out too. Tech was advancing ultra fast at that time.
@@Michael-fw5ef This person was on about technology, not society. They're right, tech is definitely getting better. Not to mention that classified military tech is said to be 20-30 years ahead of what's commercially available.
I was a kid in the 80's and seeing this took me right back to the days we had computer lab at school. Always one of my favorite days at school, especially when we got to bust out the diskette with The Oregon Trail!
Crazy to see these suited professionals so mind blown by these most basic of computer functions. Because at the time, they were mind blowing. This was pure magic at the time. Those guys grew up before most people had a TV and now there’s this TV in front of them that can do work for them.
They’re definitely interested and engaged. Wow and look at that old mouse. Computers have moved on to additional features but they still operate much the same. And iPhone uses a different input (touch) but uses it similarly though to a finer degree of accuracy.
I guess. If a chick really wants to go into science, math, technology and/or engineering, she will, regardless of anyone else of the same sex having done so. I would think that who inspires someone to go into a certain field may have something to do with their gender at times, but to be quite frank, there is really only a passing interest in the gender of someone that a person TRULY admires. It’s QUITE a bit more about what a person has done, etc. that matters most…
@@BenjaminGessel We still don't have enough women in programming. I'm a teacher, and you'd be surprised how many girls don't want to do things that are traditionally a sausage fest.
@@strangementalitypaperYT To be quite honest, I’m not even sure if Susan Kare is an actual programmer. The wiki page says that she is an artist and graphic designer. Either way, I don’t really have too much emotionally invested in this women in STEM fields thing, etc. But on some level, it DOES come down to how men and women are naturally “hard wired”. You’re only going to see considerably more women in STEM subjects when men don’t really do that stuff much anymore. For whatever reason, if that ever happens. Chatting with my roommate just now, he stated that women are already well represented in STEM subjects. He wants to know why women are not more prominent in menial, dangerous, or disagreeable jobs, like garbage collection. I thought the answer to this was/is so obvious that it’s kind of a humorous sort of deal, regarding all things feminism. In short, men are by nature problem solvers. That’s kind of an automatic “bonus” with stem fields…
@@BenjaminGessel Women aren't that well represented in STEM actually, and there are still a LOT of families out there who discourage their girls from even working or going to college. Do you know one female software developer? I don't. What about a female electrical engineer? Again, I don't know one. As far as menial jobs, I'd say the most menial and disagreeable "job" of all is one exclusively occupied by females -- housewife.
It can be hard for people who've grown up with computers to understand what a learning curve there was to using even something this simple, but you have to keep in mind that this kind of computer was like nothing that had ever existed before. I certainly never had a teacher this calm and thorough; the first computer teacher I ever had treated us like we were idiots because we didn't intuitively understand it; she had an aggravating tendency to show us something and then say, "All right, what do you think happens next?" before she'd actually, you know, *explained* it. The class wound up one giant case of, "Well, how the hell would I know, when you haven't told me yet?" Yeah, it's obvious now, but at the time it was completely alien technology. The average person had zero comparable experience or context to draw from.
If you're looking for the source, it's an episode from The Computer Chronicles. They have a RUclips channel with all their episodes from 1981 - 2002. Their channel is "The Computer Chronicles".
It is really fascinating to see how these things needed to be explained to people. At first it seems trivial but this was something they had never even seen before. It reminds of Steve Job's keynote where they showcased to first iPhone. When he unlocked the screan by simply sliding his finger across the audience were amazed. That was the most incredible thing to them
Ok so I’m an asmr sensitive person . Gotten tingles since I was a child in the 80s. Had no idea what it was until like 2014 when I found the explanation online. This video gives me extreme tingles. Literally have not gotten tingles this intense since probably 9 years old the librarian would give me tingles on this level when she would whisper while talking. Lol I would intentionally ask her losers of pointless questions just to get her talking. Yep. This video does it more than anything I’ve seen before on RUclips
Same! Sensitive for years. Thought I was so weird being the only person who would rewind certain movie scenes that gave tingles over and over for their therapeutic effect. Discovered ASMR was a real thing years ago
@@elyseb5728 an early one for me I was well under 10 when the neverending story was released on vhs. For me the scenes where the childlike empress would talk would give me tingles. Had no clue why but I used to rewind her parts all the time.
Este video proyecta una educación, un pequeño viaje a los años 80's, si es icónico y relajante, se siente tan tranquilo todo el vídeo, no como hoy donde exageran por ganar vistas y popularidad... 🙄
What a wonderful explanation of the features of the Mac software. It’s sad that software companies have become lazy and left their customers to flounder in chaotic FAQ lists.
If Mac wouldn't have made only ONE mouse model just for invalides with 1 click button but made a second one for normal users as well, I might have a Mac instead of a Windows PC in my home right now... And I didn't like the Mac face icon stuff, it was creepy...
This show is called The Computer Chronicles. The host of this show Stewart Chiefet (the guy on the left) has uploaded most episodes of this show up on RUclips. Enjoy!
Wow, this brings back memories!! They were just getting some of these into schools in my area when I graduated high school in '84. We had a Heathkit computer as well as a few of these, and we saved our programs on cassette tapes. How far we've come in nearly 40 years.... Thanks for uploading this, it's a treat both for ASMR AND a stroll down memory lane!
Patrick listen, if Mac had not exclusively designed a single mouse model catering only to individuals with disabilities featuring a single-click button, but instead created a second option for regular users, I might currently own a Mac instead of a Windows PC. Additionally, I found the Mac face icon stuff unsettling. The mouse only had 1 click button for people with 1 finger instead of the option using 2.
@@ianinkster2261i think most people use the phrase "speaker" now. i typically think of really big stereo systems and not smaller bluetooth speakers when thinking of "stereos." i think the smaller speakers are more common than stereos now.
Watching her explain this is amazing. She is breaking it down extremely well. Crazy how in he 90’s most households didn’t have computers. Towards the end of the 90’s some people did but they were so old . In the early 2000’s they still looked very similar to what she’s showing us here as far as how the apps looks.
When the Mac came out personal computers like the Apple ][ and TRS-80 and Vic-20 and Commodore 64 were already pretty common. But the Mac was much much easier to use and still (somewhat) affordable.
Macintosh cared about the small things. Or the things that on face value SEEM small but turn out to be the core value of their approach to an intuitive and easy UI. This hasn't changed for 39 years. You can see the vestigial markers from literally every feature she described and demonstrated in this video still alive today in mac software. The communication of said features in a concise and pleasing manner is also a hallmark of the Apple approach to product and software design. Its nice to see the continuity of a successful design language be propagated and maintained over several decades.
These videos are incredible, an important part of the history of the 20th century. I followed it as if it was the first time I saw a computer. It's incredible to see where we started from and how far we have come. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Notice how she says “say bold”, “say cut”. We can actually do this now. Takes me back. Got my first computer in 1980 Tandy TRS80. So when Mac came out with windows and you didn’t have to hook the computer up to the TV, that was revolutionary!!😅
It’s so interesting every detail she had to explain back then that is now just information we take as a given like “the icon color is highlighted so mac knows that you want to do something with it”
"You can teach someone how to use a computer in 20 minutes." We have users who don't know how to use one after weeks/months. What a different world it was back then.
@topiheimola69 I actually thought it would be harder to learn back then because there was no Google back then 😅😅. Plus, didn't a lot of computers have to have their commands put in manually back then?
@@topiheimola69 I'm trying to picture showing the averager Zoomer or Gen Alpha how DOS works... I'm not sure things are more complex today. Different sure.
People often use smartphones in place of computers these days, which means they don't understand how to type, navigate folder structures, or use desktop applications.
Wow. Fantastic. I also realized that I could not describe using this computer as well as she did. It’s so intuitive now, there’s no easy description that comes to mind. If anything, I would probably overexplain everything. Just like...I’m doing...right...now.
My husband commented this morning that one of the major causes of the frantic spirit that people seem to have now is Starbucks. Back then, we just weren't as caffeinated as we are now.
How about Google's instructions for how to set up various aspects of their programs? Combine it with their endless maze to get customer service/support, and it feels like you have to be an MIT engineer to understand their stuff.
Growing up I always had some teachers that I enjoyed listening to more than others, some of their voices would put my head in a very relaxed place and very tuned in. Seeing this video makes me wonder if those teachers had unintentional ASMR voices haha
It's simultaneously both fascinating that people were so unaware of how computers worked that she had to used the the words "copy" and "paste" like they were arcane technical terms, AND that the basics of computer interfaces such as icons and dragging and dropping have remained so unchained since that time.
People overestimate themselves The average person probably doesn't understand how to properly use a word processor or datasheeg program that was available on these devices We are only more aware of computers at a superficial level
I love hearing your commentary before every video. I miss it. You sitting in your dimly lit room on your comfy bed introducing the experience you're sharing with us! Vids like this are greata too
The way that that word processor FLOODED my brain with memories of elementary school in the computer lab... By then it was the early 90's, and things looked a little different, but i remember changing things to bold and outline text, typing things and playing with the typography....printing little poems out on the old dot matrix printers. I consider myself very lucky to have been alive to see that.
I was 3 yrs. old when this woman, who was at the top of her field, demonstrated this computer, which was the top of technology, and today I watch it on a phone that's more powerful than all of the computers from that time combined... Ok then..
I was blown away by this in 1984 and she did a great job demonstrating something that was totally new to millions of us who were still using paper documents and file folders.
@@MaxOakland Right? My first Computer was in fact a used Commodore C128 and after that came a long time nothing apart from a GameBoy and Super Nintendo. My first 'real' experience with a computer after the C128 was then with Win 3.1 shortly followed by Win 95. But yes, those too were magical times. I still remember the sense of wonder and curiosity... "A graphical user interface? Easy to handle? Unbelievable. This is incredible" Those were my thoughts back then
A person from 40 years ago could easily recognize how to run a mac today. Amazing. To think that 40 years before this video a computer was a room full of tubes.
Susan Kare is one of the most prolific graphic designers ever! She was one of the first employees at apple! I wish more people knew her impact. Shes a legend :)
You can tell that she really lives for her Mac. The way she is looking at it is so adorable, like she's its proud mom. And the way she is talking about it and explaining it, so full of enthusiasm. What an amazing woman and great role model!
I was born in 83 and grew up with computers, my step father was a computer engineer. He would download these floppy disk games to me. Skifree among others. Loved my childhood 😊
Loved the early Macs. Had these in our design drawing classes in high school. Hooked up to a dot matrix printer. Everything a big nerd needed back then.
I used to loooove computer chronicles. I remember accidentally discovering it flipping through channels, and finding it on one of those public access channels. I remember for me it was channel 56 KDOC. lol It was my ASMR before I knew what ASMR was.
Yeah PBS was an early purveyor of ASMR. It was also home to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers, and they had an arts and crafts show titled The Art Maker/ Art Chest hosted by Mr Mihuta which is how I first experienced ASMR
@@jag5014 yessssss PBS was like an Unintentional ASMR Hub back in those days. I used to watch Bob Ross, and there was this Tai Chi show on there with a soft spoken female instructor who had the perfect ASMR voice next to Bob Ross. There were also a couple cooking shows I watched on there for the ASMR effect. Also who didn't love Mr. Rogers back in those days? lol
You need to understand, if Mac had not exclusively designed a single mouse model catering only to individuals with disabilities featuring a single-click button, but instead created a second option for regular users, I might currently own a Mac instead of a Windows PC. Additionally, I found the Mac face icon stuff unsettling. They were expecting humans to have only 1 finger on each hand.
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This woman, Susan Kare, designed some of the very first desktop and computer icons. Most icons on PCs and Phones, are based off of her original pixel art work! A real pioneer of pixel art
She rules!
she's iconic
underrated comment
@@thomas-zs2jm right, jusr informational and cool fact i did not know before!
And she's got a great set of NEW YORK BEWBS.
the way she calls the computer simply "mac" is really sweet, its like its own little being
Haha yeah it makes it sound like it’s a creature there to help you 😆
You’ve been bamboozled! They still do that today don’t they? You’ll hear them say “iPhone” without using a “the” in front, like it’s a friend’s name. Now it’s friendly. I wonder if other brands do that.
@@VeritableSmorgasbord the word "phone" indicates an object, while "mac" is a name (i.e mac demarco, mac miller)
Yeah they knew branding techniques in the 80s
@@godzzwrath Yeah but like iMac/Mac it’s still just the name of the thing though. It’s just unfortunate they used the word phone in it 💀.
She sounds like she's from modern day trying to gently explain basic concepts we take for granted to people in the 80s who've never used a computer.
Or my mom today…
This woman is a legend in computing. I once got to work with another one of the original programmers/designers. This small team invented the mouse, the idea of icons, the idea of them existing spatially on a screen…so many things that just “feel natural” today when we use computers, were thought out and created by a small group. I didn’t get ASMR from this but that’s because I was so riveted by the history!
yeah, at xerox parc. apple stole this technology. its well documented.
Actually Xerox developed a lot of these ideas but didn't commercialize them properly. My friend worked with one at Boeing back in the day before Mac. The Xerox Alto. Had a portrait monitor, a GUI and a mouse! And later the Xerox Star. Xerox showed the intellectual property to Apple in return for being able to buy stock options. At least they got in on the ground floor LOL
@@jennw6809 incredible what amazing things they built there.
Apple invented the mouse? How bout we make at least a minimal effort to stave off the Idiocracy. Accurate facts are out there, for anyone who cares enough to find them.
Doug Englebart's 'Mother of All Demos' happened when Steve Jobs was a 13 year old boy. Years before he ever met Woz. Years before Apple Computer ever existed. Let alone before their Mac or Lisa teams were ever formed.
December 9, 1968
The computer mouse and much more are presented in San Francisco:
ruclips.net/video/B6rKUf9DWRI/видео.html
Not even when she said “personal preferences”??
Looks like a promising company, I think I’ll buy some shares in it.
Ha ha, nice plan! Time to invest into time travel, too. :)
they make movies and tv shows now too.
@@bannor216 wow, what bright times we have! :)
Might wanna wait until 1998 specifically. Don’t ask how I know that.
Bro you must be rich now
Susan Kare is an absolute legend. Designed the original Mac icons and so much more.
perfectly said. A legend.
I love her designs. My favorite are the Mac ones she did but she also did good work on Windows 3.1
Indeed! A legend, a babe, and a genius!
The guy who invented the wheel was a legend. Wonder why we never hear about him. No wheel... no car. I'd rather have transportation than an Icon.
@@Seemsayin Thank you for your unrelated anecdote. Please tell us more.
"We're moving into the 80s"
So adorable. I was instantly transported back to elementary school.
What a great era it was😔
Yup, that's me as well.
I remember my elementary school had a computer room with these first macs. Instructed how to type and also played a game with early settlers and their covered wagons haha
@mementovivere6323 Oregon Trail was the best! Frogger too... on that tiny green screen.
"Adorable" lol. Only because now isn't the 80s. Time moves on. One day it won't be the 2020s.
Her explanation of everything is so simple and precise. Incredible communicator.
what's wild is she was a programming genius. so it is incredible indeed that she was able to communicate information to laymen in an easy-to-digest way instead of using programming jargon.
This was normal back then...
and UNBELIBVABLY HOT ZAAAMN
@@johnnythewalruscringe
Her communication skills are phenomenally excellent.
This was normal back then.
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@@skyyy9121how lol
@@skyyy9121 It's true...people were never on their phones. That kind of usage didn't exist back then. You actually had to talk and associate.
I wish, this never developed futher..
She has a really calming voice. Also, crazy to see what actually hasn't had to change that much to this day on a computer.
I love her art. She’s got a great style. Something about it is so simple and full of personality
Apple is a genius company
Like the screen, keyboard and mouse? 😂 I never thought I'd hear someone say computers from the 1980's are not much different than the computers from the 2020's.
This was my first computer and I loved it so much. The little things like the shake and the happy Mac boot screen and flipping that dog eared corner of the notepad - they made it feels warm and friendly
@@jasonknotts5001 OMG - you're hilarious!!!! Shut up
Crazy to think this was almost 40 years ago. The instructor is at least in her late 60s by now. Time is such a crazy thing. WW2 was happening 40 years before this video was recorded.
She is 69 and looking fabulous. Love this video
Not sure whats crazy about that, its just time thats how things work lol
The loading icon is now a wristwatch, get with the times, we're in the 80s now! lol
This actually gave me a brief shivers - WW2 was as far from this video as we are. I once saw a 1950s TV interview of a man from a higher family who was raised by his grandfather in the 19th century, who had actually talked to Napoleon as a young man.
@@ThePerfectRed That was Bertrand Russell. Pretty incredible. He only died in 1970.
i love how softly she speaks
You’re welcome for the amount of likes
@@Gryphondork. Thank you for the same !
She's like the female version of Bob Ross.
I can’t imagine what it must have been like for the average person to see this in 1984. 🤯
I still remember the first time I saw the concept for iphone
...I thought it was magic trick
Probably as confusing as explaining crypto
Probably some star trek shit in all honesty
Stuff of dreams
It was awesome!!!
Her voice is lovely. What an awesome flashback! My first Mac was a Power Mac, but I remember seeing this version of Mac when I was a kid. It was like magic.
You can really tell she knows her stuff. And you can tell she loves it too
Susan Kare worked on the Macintosh and created all the icons... Many of which are still used today.
Your comment has officially reached 400 likes. 😊
And she were and still is hot !
What a way to reduce a smart and educated woman who literally shaped the tech world down to her looks, Jesus Christ
Yeah... There's a few times she goes more in depth into why certain decisions were made in the UI... That still apply to Apple software and UI today. She truly understood the value of imagery and workflow and tying the two together, which is the core reason apple has appealed to so many people for so long.
If guestimate she was about a decade ahead of her time.
Its wild to hear her explain things and terms that have since become so engrained throughout the entire world
We call it “copy” and “paste”
i liked her explanation of emojis
I remember feeling concerned of being technologically left behind, because I didn't know what email was, and certainly didn't know what RAM or icons were. Diskettes, floppy or otherwise, dot matrix printers, fax machines were all an exciting, albeit scary change from our typewriters. lol (sort of like the excited fear you felt when you figured out how to ride without training wheels)
I ordered a home study course that came with a bulky desktop computer. I learned how to use it and the rest was history. My computer's hard drive was a mind blowing single Gigabyte. 😂
it was a super exciting time. when the internet came along, we were 🤯🤯🤯🤯 lol
Sorry - decided to reupload to edit the audio / reduce the hissing sounds. Hope it's more enjoyable now. Thanks for watching :)
Thank you so much!! 🥰
this belongs in a museum.
Back when people spoke normal. Now everything I watch they stressssss the ssssesss. Sounds like a bunch of creepy snakes. Its SO bizzare! This video is great. Its why I watch alot of older programs. Almost everything new is so over the top trying to talk sexy to the point its awkward. Even the men!!?
@@alanburke1302Alan I think you might need therapy, this comment is incredibly odd.
this is awesome, she has such a great vibe. according to wikipedia “As a pioneer of pixel art and of the graphical computer interface, she has been celebrated as one of the most significant designers of modern technology” wow!
@charleswhite758 Lmao - the wording makes it seem like she invented modern tech, instead of just making a couple of icons and fonts. Reminds me of the girl who "wrote the code to unveil a blackhole", when all she did was make a few UI edits.
That’s putting it in simple terms. Back in those days, it was “modern technology. People built on the work she did. That’s amazing. What the did you do asshole?
@charleswhite758what contributions have you made to modern technology Charles?
@charleswhite758 Yeah. They have to lie about everything since their self-esteem is so low. If they told the truth more, it'd actually help them, but I no longer care about helping them. That ship sailed long ago.
@@jotunblod Who's lying? Your parents when they say they love you? jfc go outside and touch some grass you dweeb
She was talking so relaxed about one of the most important inventions to the humanity. Anyone could be nervous.
3:38 this is such a small feature but even back then they were thinking about people with disabilities and older people using computers, because they’re supposed to be for everyone
I googled her, wondering if she's a big deal now. Turns out, she's a VERY big deal. Thanks for this.
I did, too. Looks like she started working at Niantic in 2021. 😮😅😊
I just want to forget everything I know about computers and other tech and just watch this video and get amazed by this new invention! Just want to feel what people in 70's and 80's must have felt!
I was in college when the Mac came out. That same semester in my intro computer science class we were programming using punch cards on mainframes, there wasn’t any screen, let alone a mouse or icons etc. The IBM PC had just come out too. Tech was advancing ultra fast at that time.
It’s so surreal that I’m watching this on my iPad Pro and how far technology has progressed in 40 years.
Our life expectancy has dropped by 3 years, from 82 to 79.
We aren't advancing as a society, we are regressing.
@@Michael-fw5ef This person was on about technology, not society. They're right, tech is definitely getting better. Not to mention that classified military tech is said to be 20-30 years ahead of what's commercially available.
@@maximusstorm1215and we " just " learned yesterday it comes from reverse engineering tech recovered from UAP 😅
We put a man on the moon in 1969 with a computer about as powerful as a modern calculator. Not sure about progress... 🤔
@@Michael-fw5eflife isn’t about the amount of breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away. We are regressing though, I agree
I was a kid in the 80's and seeing this took me right back to the days we had computer lab at school. Always one of my favorite days at school, especially when we got to bust out the diskette with The Oregon Trail!
I remember Oregon Trail too! That was amazing to me back then. 😊
Same here! It’s been the only time in my life I’ve ever had dysentery! 😂
Omg - The Oregon Trail! I remember that. lol!
I was a kid and my elementary school had one of these and each day it was moved from one classroom to the other.
diskette - what a cute word!! aww diminutive and probably one we'll never use again!
Moving into the 80's, boy I wish the 80's would return, with what I know now...
She also designed the iconic Chicago font, as seen here and all macs until OSX, plus the original iPods.
Crazy to see these suited professionals so mind blown by these most basic of computer functions.
Because at the time, they were mind blowing. This was pure magic at the time.
Those guys grew up before most people had a TV and now there’s this TV in front of them that can do work for them.
He mentions the timer. It's clear he's seen one before.
@@maximusstorm1215 Way to miss the point.
They’re definitely interested and engaged. Wow and look at that old mouse.
Computers have moved on to additional features but they still operate much the same.
And iPhone uses a different input (touch) but uses it similarly though to a finer degree of accuracy.
How patronising.
@@LinkRocksnot at all. They were both tech savvy guys
Crazy how these are basically the same icons we use today.
It's so cool to see footage of this legend as a young woman. She's a beacon for women in STEM.
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I guess. If a chick really wants to go into science, math, technology and/or engineering, she will, regardless of anyone else of the same sex having done so. I would think that who inspires someone to go into a certain field may have something to do with their gender at times, but to be quite frank, there is really only a passing interest in the gender of someone that a person TRULY admires. It’s QUITE a bit more about what a person has done, etc. that matters most…
@@BenjaminGessel We still don't have enough women in programming. I'm a teacher, and you'd be surprised how many girls don't want to do things that are traditionally a sausage fest.
@@strangementalitypaperYT To be quite honest, I’m not even sure if Susan Kare is an actual programmer. The wiki page says that she is an artist and graphic designer. Either way, I don’t really have too much emotionally invested in this women in STEM fields thing, etc.
But on some level, it DOES come down to how men and women are naturally “hard wired”. You’re only going to see considerably more women in STEM subjects when men don’t really do that stuff much anymore. For whatever reason, if that ever happens. Chatting with my roommate just now, he stated that women are already well represented in STEM subjects. He wants to know why women are not more prominent in menial, dangerous, or disagreeable jobs, like garbage collection. I thought the answer to this was/is so obvious that it’s kind of a humorous sort of deal, regarding all things feminism.
In short, men are by nature problem solvers. That’s kind of an automatic “bonus” with stem fields…
@@BenjaminGessel Women aren't that well represented in STEM actually, and there are still a LOT of families out there who discourage their girls from even working or going to college. Do you know one female software developer? I don't. What about a female electrical engineer? Again, I don't know one. As far as menial jobs, I'd say the most menial and disagreeable "job" of all is one exclusively occupied by females -- housewife.
It can be hard for people who've grown up with computers to understand what a learning curve there was to using even something this simple, but you have to keep in mind that this kind of computer was like nothing that had ever existed before. I certainly never had a teacher this calm and thorough; the first computer teacher I ever had treated us like we were idiots because we didn't intuitively understand it; she had an aggravating tendency to show us something and then say, "All right, what do you think happens next?" before she'd actually, you know, *explained* it. The class wound up one giant case of, "Well, how the hell would I know, when you haven't told me yet?" Yeah, it's obvious now, but at the time it was completely alien technology. The average person had zero comparable experience or context to draw from.
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@@TheBlackerMetalBruv, be quite don't be so disrespectful. Greetings as a Person who was born on Halloween 2003. Goddamn.
I remember sort-of having to learn on my own.
This is the only time I have ever seen Stewart Chiefet not interrupt the guest presenter after every sentence
He was enjoying the tingles
She seems so kind and intelligent at the same time...the rarest of achievements
She’s hot too
And a terrible outfit, we can't see anything
This is brings wonderful memories for those of us old enough to witness these amazing technology in the early days
I don't recall the 80s being this pleasant and soothing. Nice video!
They were x
Didn’t you watch Miami vice? 😂🎉
This is directly on the heels of the idealism and sincerity of the 1970s.
2 words...Bob Ross, ultimate 80s soothing painter. (to 1994)
Those days they trained people you were not thrown a book like today.
Oh my gosh. People used to speak so calmly in the 80's
They weren’t in a gigantic hurry or angry
Business training (professionalism) was important then.
I think it’s her. Plenty of more wacky people were probably not too far away…
That Transatlantic Accent will get ya every time.👌😌
Only Cindy Lauper was loud back then😂
If you're looking for the source, it's an episode from The Computer Chronicles. They have a RUclips channel with all their episodes from 1981 - 2002. Their channel is "The Computer Chronicles".
It is really fascinating to see how these things needed to be explained to people. At first it seems trivial but this was something they had never even seen before. It reminds of Steve Job's keynote where they showcased to first iPhone. When he unlocked the screan by simply sliding his finger across the audience were amazed. That was the most incredible thing to them
Ok so I’m an asmr sensitive person . Gotten tingles since I was a child in the 80s. Had no idea what it was until like 2014 when I found the explanation online. This video gives me extreme tingles. Literally have not gotten tingles this intense since probably 9 years old the librarian would give me tingles on this level when she would whisper while talking. Lol I would intentionally ask her losers of pointless questions just to get her talking. Yep. This video does it more than anything I’ve seen before on RUclips
Try @RebeccasBeautifulASMRAddiction
That's so amazing hahaha. Everybody's different lol
Unfortunately this one doesn't seem to trigger my tingles, but she's still very pleasant to listen to, plus the subject matter is interesting.
Same! Sensitive for years. Thought I was so weird being the only person who would rewind certain movie scenes that gave tingles over and over for their therapeutic effect. Discovered ASMR was a real thing years ago
@@elyseb5728 an early one for me I was well under 10 when the neverending story was released on vhs. For me the scenes where the childlike empress would talk would give me tingles. Had no clue why but I used to rewind her parts all the time.
Thanks for the sound edit. Love the video, love her voice and intelligence and passion 👌🏼 so iconic!
Every fucking thing is iconic these days 🙄
Este video proyecta una educación, un pequeño viaje a los años 80's, si es icónico y relajante, se siente tan tranquilo todo el vídeo, no como hoy donde exageran por ganar vistas y popularidad... 🙄
For anyone wondering, this is from a 80s/90s show called Computer Chronicles
Thank you Starscream
What a wonderful explanation of the features of the Mac software. It’s sad that software companies have become lazy and left their customers to flounder in chaotic FAQ lists.
ikr! They should send her to every single persons house that has a problem and she can talk them through it!
Now they have youtubers explaining us stuff. #ads
If Mac wouldn't have made only ONE mouse model just for invalides with 1 click button but made a second one for normal users as well, I might have a Mac instead of a Windows PC in my home right now... And I didn't like the Mac face icon stuff, it was creepy...
@@X320riginal Macintosh was made for the average person.
@@JoBot__ It's clearly designed for handicapped people, especially the mouse is designed for invalides with only one finger.
Her voice is so soothing. I could listen to her all day but might fall asleep
40 years ago this week.
Suzan Care is a legend. Designed most of the original Macintosh icons. You still can buy her designs online.
I wish this video went longer...now I'll never know how to use a brand new computer
This show is called The Computer Chronicles. The host of this show Stewart Chiefet (the guy on the left) has uploaded most episodes of this show up on RUclips. Enjoy!
It's amazing how many things are still the same, even though it seems so different. They definitely made some good choices in usability early on.
She is very concise in how she presents. For example she said the options open up like “window shades”. It’s a great way to describe it 😊
What a wholesome and calm voice she has.
Wow, this brings back memories!! They were just getting some of these into schools in my area when I graduated high school in '84. We had a Heathkit computer as well as a few of these, and we saved our programs on cassette tapes. How far we've come in nearly 40 years....
Thanks for uploading this, it's a treat both for ASMR AND a stroll down memory lane!
Patrick listen, if Mac had not exclusively designed a single mouse model catering only to individuals with disabilities featuring a single-click button, but instead created a second option for regular users, I might currently own a Mac instead of a Windows PC. Additionally, I found the Mac face icon stuff unsettling. The mouse only had 1 click button for people with 1 finger instead of the option using 2.
Came for ASMR stayed for the education. Cant wait to see the impact this crazy device will have in the future
Nah, it's not gonna catch on!
Old videos sound asmr to us in 2020. That's how fast our world goes now... Food for thought
I was thinking the same thing!
Seems people were more sane and didnt have attention spams of a half second because their brain is fried by tiktok
Love how she uses an example of being home and using the computer while listening to the “stereo” 😊
It seems yesterday to me when we were listening to the stereo. I feel old
Wait, did that word become dated? When?
@@ianinkster2261i think most people use the phrase "speaker" now. i typically think of really big stereo systems and not smaller bluetooth speakers when thinking of "stereos." i think the smaller speakers are more common than stereos now.
Watching her explain this is amazing. She is breaking it down extremely well. Crazy how in he 90’s most households didn’t have computers. Towards the end of the 90’s some people did but they were so old . In the early 2000’s they still looked very similar to what she’s showing us here as far as how the apps looks.
When the Mac came out personal computers like the Apple ][ and TRS-80 and Vic-20 and Commodore 64 were already pretty common. But the Mac was much much easier to use and still (somewhat) affordable.
This feels and looks like such a nice way to use a computer! Its like its own little small world. So cute ❤
I love how she says Umm, and I don’t usually like that word. Also, the loud clacking of the Lisa keyboard is great. I miss that sound.
She’s great. Makes me miss the early days of computing. Even the keyboard clicks.
She is brilliant.
Macintosh cared about the small things. Or the things that on face value SEEM small but turn out to be the core value of their approach to an intuitive and easy UI. This hasn't changed for 39 years. You can see the vestigial markers from literally every feature she described and demonstrated in this video still alive today in mac software. The communication of said features in a concise and pleasing manner is also a hallmark of the Apple approach to product and software design. Its nice to see the continuity of a successful design language be propagated and maintained over several decades.
This is the 1st computer I ever wrote a program for in '84 😁
It's so beautiful the way she talks, so polite.
Another gem to add to my 3/4 speed ASMR playlist!
Her voice somehow reminds me of the woman speaking on Little Fluffy Clouds.
3/4 speed is key. 😎
Try the Joe Rogan episode with Brian Cox... 10/10
You might still see that in the desert
Better off finding a sedate documentary with actual information about history or something, instead of fetishizing a physical sensation.
The Orb ❤️
Or the American lady talking about curtains
Not only this is so nicely done for us to enjoy and relax, it also is a little gem that is always good to save! Thank you Alex ❤
These videos are incredible, an important part of the history of the 20th century. I followed it as if it was the first time I saw a computer. It's incredible to see where we started from and how far we have come.
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Notice how she says “say bold”, “say cut”. We can actually do this now. Takes me back. Got my first computer in 1980 Tandy TRS80. So when Mac came out with windows and you didn’t have to hook the computer up to the TV, that was revolutionary!!😅
I learned BASIC on a TRS80 😅
It’s so interesting every detail she had to explain back then that is now just information we take as a given like “the icon color is highlighted so mac knows that you want to do something with it”
"You can teach someone how to use a computer in 20 minutes."
We have users who don't know how to use one after weeks/months. What a different world it was back then.
Well... They're so much more complex now. Not really a fair comparison in my opinion.. although surely people are less willing to learn these days.
@@topiheimola69 It is, considering how long humans have been using them for. Tech illiteracy is a real thing.
@topiheimola69 I actually thought it would be harder to learn back then because there was no Google back then 😅😅. Plus, didn't a lot of computers have to have their commands put in manually back then?
@@topiheimola69 I'm trying to picture showing the averager Zoomer or Gen Alpha how DOS works... I'm not sure things are more complex today. Different sure.
People often use smartphones in place of computers these days, which means they don't understand how to type, navigate folder structures, or use desktop applications.
She has a great voice. The clicks in the keyboard are very satisfying.
Wow. Fantastic. I also realized that I could not describe using this computer as well as she did. It’s so intuitive now, there’s no easy description that comes to mind. If anything, I would probably overexplain everything. Just like...I’m doing...right...now.
She is relaxing and seems relaxing. Also anyone else caught the way she goes “you can keep, literally up to..” i thought it was kinda wholesome
My husband commented this morning that one of the major causes of the frantic spirit that people seem to have now is Starbucks. Back then, we just weren't as caffeinated as we are now.
Notice how clear and easy to follow her instructions are.
Compare that to today's instructors on YT showing you how to use a modern program.
How about Google's instructions for how to set up various aspects of their programs? Combine it with their endless maze to get customer service/support, and it feels like you have to be an MIT engineer to understand their stuff.
Growing up I always had some teachers that I enjoyed listening to more than others, some of their voices would put my head in a very relaxed place and very tuned in. Seeing this video makes me wonder if those teachers had unintentional ASMR voices haha
It's simultaneously both fascinating that people were so unaware of how computers worked that she had to used the the words "copy" and "paste" like they were arcane technical terms, AND that the basics of computer interfaces such as icons and dragging and dropping have remained so unchained since that time.
People overestimate themselves
The average person probably doesn't understand how to properly use a word processor or datasheeg program that was available on these devices
We are only more aware of computers at a superficial level
ive never copied and pasted and dont know how
One of the best ASMR videos I've 'heard'. Literally falling asleep on my porch... except that it's morning. And i should be waking up instead 😂
I love hearing your commentary before every video. I miss it. You sitting in your dimly lit room on your comfy bed introducing the experience you're sharing with us! Vids like this are greata too
thanks for the feedback .. will make more videos where I talk
Such a calm, peaceful time!
Thank you for editing the audio!
thanks for watching!
The way that that word processor FLOODED my brain with memories of elementary school in the computer lab... By then it was the early 90's, and things looked a little different, but i remember changing things to bold and outline text, typing things and playing with the typography....printing little poems out on the old dot matrix printers. I consider myself very lucky to have been alive to see that.
I was 3 yrs. old when this woman, who was at the top of her field, demonstrated this computer, which was the top of technology, and today I watch it on a phone that's more powerful than all of the computers from that time combined... Ok then..
Susan, what a great computer hero.
hey thanks! this is a great video, love the audio on this version.
thanks I appreciate it .. should've used a stronger de esser effect it in the first place.
I was blown away by this in 1984 and she did a great job demonstrating something that was totally new to millions of us who were still using paper documents and file folders.
“Up to 8 pages of notepad notes.” Incredible.
Crazy that you could even adjust time between clicks back then , that’s really cool
Yes kids, this was actually a thing we were working with. 😊
Also: she has indeed a relaxing voice.
I wish I could go back in time and experience this as if it was new
@@MaxOakland Right? My first Computer was in fact a used Commodore C128 and after that came a long time nothing apart from a GameBoy and Super Nintendo.
My first 'real' experience with a computer after the C128 was then with Win 3.1 shortly followed by Win 95.
But yes, those too were magical times. I still remember the sense of wonder and curiosity...
"A graphical user interface? Easy to handle? Unbelievable. This is incredible"
Those were my thoughts back then
I have the Apple ][e that I used as a kid. I will be restoring it, trying to find a copy of castle wolfenstein.
@@xlr555usa That's actually amazing!
Sometimes i could bite myself for having sold the C128 plus games.
But it is how it is.
This was revolutionary in its time
Before this, we only had the command line interface and had to type in commands like a caveman
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A person from 40 years ago could easily recognize how to run a mac today. Amazing. To think that 40 years before this video a computer was a room full of tubes.
Even a year before this, I was using punch cards in my first college computer class!
I love love love how shes introducing things that we now just know already as a new concept its amazing
7:07 "Moving into the 80s"
Hearing that is wild even being born in the 80s lol
Ahhh the sound of an old keyboard
I love the new version. Good work!
This should be prescribed to every senior citizen who cannot use computer yet but wants to learn.
That's the thing. Not everyone wants to learn 😑
This is such a contrast to the loud, fast, anxiety inducing videos of our modern era. Things were a lot more slow and chilled back then.
Susan Kare is one of the most prolific graphic designers ever! She was one of the first employees at apple! I wish more people knew her impact. Shes a legend :)
You can tell that she really lives for her Mac. The way she is looking at it is so adorable, like she's its proud mom. And the way she is talking about it and explaining it, so full of enthusiasm. What an amazing woman and great role model!
The ASMR is strong with this one!
I was born in 83 and grew up with computers, my step father was a computer engineer. He would download these floppy disk games to me. Skifree among others. Loved my childhood 😊
Born in 80, Kingsquest😅
I love the static noise in the background, it's so powerful
Loved the early Macs. Had these in our design drawing classes in high school. Hooked up to a dot matrix printer. Everything a big nerd needed back then.
Wow! Interesting to see what the Control Panel looked like in the early days
I used to loooove computer chronicles. I remember accidentally discovering it flipping through channels, and finding it on one of those public access channels. I remember for me it was channel 56 KDOC. lol It was my ASMR before I knew what ASMR was.
Yeah PBS was an early purveyor of ASMR. It was also home to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers, and they had an arts and crafts show titled The Art Maker/ Art Chest hosted by Mr Mihuta which is how I first experienced ASMR
@@jag5014 yessssss PBS was like an Unintentional ASMR Hub back in those days. I used to watch Bob Ross, and there was this Tai Chi show on there with a soft spoken female instructor who had the perfect ASMR voice next to Bob Ross. There were also a couple cooking shows I watched on there for the ASMR effect. Also who didn't love Mr. Rogers back in those days? lol
You need to understand, if Mac had not exclusively designed a single mouse model catering only to individuals with disabilities featuring a single-click button, but instead created a second option for regular users, I might currently own a Mac instead of a Windows PC. Additionally, I found the Mac face icon stuff unsettling. They were expecting humans to have only 1 finger on each hand.