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Paul Brainerd, conservationist who pioneered desktop publishing, dies at 78

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Paul Brainerd, conservationist who pioneered desktop publishing, dies at 78

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Post by dangle1 » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC

Paul Brainerd, conservationist who pioneered desktop publishing, dies at 78
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Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brainerd

https://www.historylink.org/File/7657

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldus_Corporation

Mentioned in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29295116

Re: Paul Brainerd, conservationist who pioneered desktop publishing, dies at 78

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Post by thinkling » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC

I fondly remember running PageMaker on my MacPlus. It was as mindblowing as HyperCard was.

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