Icons, Metaphor, and End-User Programming - SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award Talk

Explore a captivating 21-minute conference talk delivered by David Canfield Smith, recipient of the SIGCHI Lifetime Practice Award at CHI 2020. Delve into Smith's career-long mission to make computers more accessible and useful for ordinary people. Discover his groundbreaking inventions, including the introduction of icons and metaphors at the operating system level, simplification of application interfaces through universal commands and dialog boxes, and efforts to empower end-users with programming capabilities. Learn how these innovations have significantly impacted the personal computer industry, from the Xerox Star office computer to Stagecast Creator's educational software. Gain insights into the evolution of human-computer interaction and the ongoing quest to unlock the full potential of computers for everyday users.