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Mamdani Hires Groundbreaking Computer Scientist as Chief Tech Officer

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by mitchbob

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> Lisa Gelobter, whose worked helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu.
https://archive.ph/HL4Wv

by rasz

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>technology used to create GIFs
posthumously hired Stephen Wilhite?

by yazmeya

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> a computer scientist who helped shape the modern web by leading the team that developed the animation technology used to create GIFs
Translation: was PM at Macromedia when they shipped Shockwave

by ChrisArchitect

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What is this business about her role in GIFs? She helped invent Macromedia Shockwave.... Not remembering any kind of connection between those things... I mean, animated GIFs were already a thing that popularized on their own.... nothing to do with Shockwave really. Just both contributing at the same time to popularizing or encouraging the use of animation on the web, yeah?