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May 12, 2023 · Who is Jonathan Finn-Gamiño in the Mulligan dedication? The second person named in Mulligan’ s season-ending dedication is Illustrator, character designer, and storyboard artist Jonathan...
- The Inspiration Behind Sibelius
- The First Version of Sibelius
- Adapting Sibelius For The Mass Market
- Rapid Expansion and Development
Q: There are probably many Sibelius users who aren’t aware of the product’s origins. Can you talk about that? My brother Jonathan and I are part of the 1980s home computer-boom generation. We taught ourselves computer programming on Acorn computers, which were made in Cambridge, where we grew up. Acorns were very popular in Britain, but they weren’...
Q: We think of Sibelius as having such a strong educational component, but it sounds like you were initially marketing the product to professionals, is that right? Yes. But as it happened, the software was very easy to use, and — even though we hadn’t thought this aspect through — Acorns were still enormously popular in schools, thanks to the huge ...
Q: So you have Sibelius 7 on Acorn and you’re working full time on it. What was the next step? We very quickly had to hire staff. Initially the company operated out of my flat in Cambridge, and Jonathan lived in his flat in London. In our first year, while still in my flat, we were selling the computers in big boxes. We’d have to empty these out, a...
Q: Once the Windows and Mac versions were released, you took on additional staff and expanded further. How hands-on were you and Jonathan in evolving the vision of the product and developing new features? Were you concerned with growing the company or were you still driving the innovation? Jonathan was heading up development full-time. I was still ...
May 18, 2024 · Today is the Preakness Stakes, the 2nd leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Jonathan Finn, author of "Beyond the Finish Line," about the history and tech of photo...
Jonathan Finn may refer to: Jon Finn (born 1958), an American rock musician and guitarist; Jonathan Finn OBE, British software developer and co-founder of Sibelius Software, a music software company and co-creator of Sibelius (software), a popular score-writing program
From horse racing and track athletics to skiing and cycling, the photo-finish is ubiquitous in elite sport. Although interpretation of the resultant images provokes occasional controversy, the technology itself is seldom questioned.
the subject of Jonathan Finn’s fascinating study Beyond the Finish Line. Finn blends science and technology studies, social history of sport, business history, media studies and history
In this fascinating journey through the history of the photo-finish in sports, Jonathan Finn shows how innovation was animated by a drive for ever more precise tools and a quest for perfect measurement.
