Bill Atkinson
William Dana Atkinson (March 17, 1951 – June 5, 2025) was an American
computer engineer, computer
programmer and photographer. Atkinson worked at
Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. Some of Atkinson's noteworthy contributions to the field of computing include Macintosh
QuickDraw and Lisa LisaGraf (Atkinson independently discovered the
midpoint circle algorithm for fast drawing of circles by using the sum of consecutive odd numbers), [https://www.folklore.org/I_Still_Remember_Regions.html regions],
marching ants, the
menu bar, the
selection lasso,
MacPaint (
FatBits),
HyperCard,
Atkinson dithering, and the PhotoCard application program.
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