Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini (born 1945) was an applications software engineer and human interface designer at Apple Computer.
Career[]
Jef Raskin (center) marries Tognazzini (left) and Bana Witt in 1980.
Apple Computer[]
Tognazzini operated a computer store in San Francisco, California selling early Apple computers before joining Apple Computer in 1978 as employee #66 and working on a publications style guide. According to Tognazzini, he began drafting the Human Interface Guidelines for Apple in September 1978 and it reached the Macintosh group in 1982.[1] Tognazzini married fellow employee Bana Witt in 1980.[2] In 1986, he was remarried to Dr. Julie F. Moran.
After Apple[]
Tognazzini left Apple in 1992 for Sun Microsystems, where he worked for four years. In February 1996, he became the lead designer at WebMD. He has since also been a user interface consultant, speaker, and author. He is presently a principal at the Nielsen Norman Group.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Origins of the Apple Human Interface by Larry Tesler and Chris Espinosa, Computer Museum History Center. 1997-10-28. Archived 2004-05-11.
- ↑ A Remembrance of Jef Raskin by Bana Witt, DigiBarn Computer Museum. 2005.
- ↑ Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group. Accessed 2020-06-27.
Bibliography[]
- The Apple Human Interface Guidelines (1987), ISBN: 0-201-17753-6. (uncredited)
- Tog on Interface (1992), ISBN: 0-201-60842-1.
- Tog on Software Design (1995), ISBN: 0-201-48917-1.
See also[]
External links[]
- Ask TOG official site
- Bruce Tognazzini at Wikipedia
