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Ken Kocienda

Created the original iPhone keyboard; author of Creative Selection

EngineeringiOS
The work

What we are celebrating, specifically.

  • Created the touchscreen typing and autocorrection system for the first iPhone - one of the hardest problems of the original device.
  • Worked at Apple for over fifteen years across Safari, iPad, and Apple Watch software and design.
  • Author of Creative Selection, the definitive insider account of Apple's design process during the Steve Jobs era.

Apple (2001-2017)

Principal engineer

Software and design for iPhone, Safari, iPad, and Apple Watch

Why

Why we celebrate them.

For solving the make-or-break problem of the original iPhone, and for teaching the world how Apple actually designs.

Sources — their own pages, so you can check us

  • creativeselection.io
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