Susan Kare was given 1,024 squares. That’s it: 32 × 32, a simple grid. Using graph paper and a pencil, she created the personality of the Mac, and based on her innovations, every computing device you’ve used over the last few decades. She built the first popular bitmap fonts, the tiny little folders, paint brushes, and smiling faces that we associate with using a smart device. Someone might have seen the limits and whined about the lack of color or resolution. Susan, acting as a professional, saw the limits of 1,024 squares and smiled, because she knew that boundaries create a platform for
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