Tag: scott knaster

Google to Close Dedicated Mac Blog

A.P.P.L.E.
Posted by: A.P.P.L.E. Date: June 25, 2012
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Google has had a dedicated Mac Blog for the past five years  run by Scott Knaster, a programmer and writer since 1980.   While many places are ramping up their Mac based offerings, Google seems to be stepping off the platform in favor of pushing their own Chrome platform.  Scott announced the end of life for the Google Mac Blog in the latest posting to the blog. Scott’s final post on the Google Mac Blog states that “Our Mac and iOS…

Programmer’s Corner – Pilot Revisited Part 1 of 3

Bill Martens
Posted by: Bill Martens Date: August 13, 2002
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Tiny Pilot (Scott Knaster)

Over the years, there have been many programming languages, which have come and gone, sometimes in the blink of an eye. However, one programming language which has has a nice long legacy and continues to be used on some platforms today is the simple language Pilot. The language itself has come in several flavors over the years, both in full-blown compiler size and the mini size. N. Dealy programmed one of the first versions of Mini-Pilot in 1978. Scott Knaster…

Visions of the Future – New Opportunities for Macintosh programmers

A.P.P.L.E.
Posted by: A.P.P.L.E. Date: March 13, 1989
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Essays on the near future by software wizards Dan Allen, Frank Alviani, Elon Gasper, Ted Johnson, Scott Knaster and Leonard Rosenthal. The Macintosh is now a mature product. As of January 1989 Macintosh is five years old. It has come a long way: from 128 KB of RAM to 8 MB, from 400 KB floppies to 1.2 MB, from no hard disk to gigabytes if needed, and from two applications (good old MacWrite and MacPaint) to thousands. The average Macintosh…