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Article 2019

She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off. - The New York Times

How Elizabeth Hargrave turned a passion for ornithology and spreadsheets into a popular game about birds.

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Article 2021

The secretary who turned Liquid Paper into a multimillion-dollar business

Bette Nesmith Graham invented one of the most popular office supplies of the 20th century. Today, she’s largely been forgotten.

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Article 2018

The invention of Google before Google — a radical mail-order 'Catalog'

Stewart Brand's "Whole Earth Catalog" engendered a counterculture that's long gone, but the catalog's founding principle — access to tools — inspir...

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Article 2017

Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint

2012, eBook, pdf, Sweating Bullets, Notes about Inventing PowerPoint, by, Robert Gaskins

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Article 2015

10 Inventors Who Came to Regret Their Creations | Mental Floss

Just because someone's invented something, it doesn't mean that they're happy with the end result.