Cut Copy Paste
We often pay tribute to the famous people of the world who pass away: sports legends, rock stars, Hollywood actors. But how often do we give tribute to those who have fallen who helped to make our lives easier on a daily basis? I must admit I'm guilty of this as well.
I've been working with a PC all day. I've cut, copied and pasted things no less than 25 times today alone. Thanks to a man I'd never heard of named Larry Tesler.
Well, he died three days ago. And most of us didn't even know it.
RIP, Larry.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
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Christopher about 4 years ago
Larry was the creator of Cut, copy and paste. Part of his career was spent as a researcher at Xerox. I didn't have enough words to give his bio, you can find that in articles about his death. I just wanted to point out that I never even knew this man was alive or what he had done until he died. And I dare say most everyone else didn't either.
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Christopher about 4 years ago
And to point out that it's a footnote in the news. Kobe Bryant's death, while tragic, made headlines for days. Tributes were splashed all over about him. And he threw a ball into a hoop for a living. Larry Tesler made the lives of anyone who uses a computer so much easier and his death will be remarked about and then glossed over like it's nothing.
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Michael D. Brooks about 4 years ago
Definitely food for thought. It’s the simplest things that have the greatest impact that are overlooked.
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Christopher about 4 years ago
Thanks, Michael.
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Christopher about 4 years ago
Thanks, Drew. Sadly, if you're not a shiny but vapid celebrity the public doesn't have much interest in remembering you.
