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The people, places, and inventions behind the making. Every name in a Chromix article opens a door — this is where the doors lead. Sourced, cross-linked, and growing with every piece we write.
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A–Z index → People The makers, the theorists, the ones who wrote it down. 5 written · 219 catalogued Institutions Labs, companies, universities — where the work actually happened. 0 written · 119 catalogued Places The rooms and regions that kept showing up. 0 written · 1 catalogued Concepts Inventions, ideas, and the arguments that outlived their moment. 8 written · 186 catalogued
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Douglas EngelbartAmerican engineer (1925–2013) and pioneer of human–computer interaction. Microelectronics and the Art of SimilitudeEngelbart's two-page 1960 ISSCC paper arguing that each new scale breaks the old rules and opens new possibilities. BootstrappingEngelbart's central loop: using tools to get better at improving tools, compounding collective IQ. Moore's LawThe observation that became the industry's schedule. Gordon MooreAmerican engineer (1929–2023), co-founder of Intel. SimilitudeThe engineering science of scale: what else changes when every dimension of a thing changes. Bill EnglishAmerican engineer (1929–2020) who co-invented the mouse with Engelbart and built the first prototype in 1964.
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