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He designed and implemented HyperCard , the first popular Hypertext system. Atkinson was also part of the Apple Macintosh development team and was the creator of the ground-breaking MacPaint application, among others. Atkinson also designed and implemented QuickDraw , the fundamental toolbox that the Macintosh used for graphics. QuickDraw's performance was essential for the success of the Macintosh's Graphical User Interface .

Around 1990 , General Magic 's founding, with Bill Atkinson as one of the three co-founders, met the following press:
The obstacles to General Magic's success may appear daunting, but General Magic is not your typical start-up company. Its partners include some of the biggest players in the worlds of computing, communications, and consumer electronics, and it's loaded with top-notch engineers who have been given a clean slate to reinvent traditional approaches to ubiquitous worldwide communications. ( -Byte Magazine )


As Of 2002 , he was involved full-time in fine-art Digital Nature Photography . Some of his Photograph s are available as E-cards in the "iCards" section of the .Mac .

Some of Atkinson's noteworthy contributions to the field of computing include:


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