Rob Brownell Trivia!

While doing research to assemble the Jeopardy game for the launch party—which you can play now at the bottom of this post!—I came across something absolutely amazing!

In this May 1998 interview with Computer Graphics magazine, Douglas Adams praises the Apple Newton for its backlit display, which was at the cutting edge of technology at the time.

The latest Apple Newton has a dpi of 100, is backlit, and already that is making a big difference -- even "real" books don't have the backlit feature!

Why is that a big deal?

Well, Rob actually worked at Apple between 1991 and 1994 as a mechanical engineer, and one of the products he worked on was the Apple Newton! The version Douglas Adams is referring to is obviously a slightly later model. But still, in a sort of indirect way, Douglas Adams was a fan of Rob's work. And I think that's pretty dang cool.

Stats for today

The Kickstarter stands at 264% funded! And we've still got 22 days of the preorder campaign to go!

As of today, we've also raised $7, 303 for Team Gleason! That's AMAZING! Our original goal was $3,000. With your help, we've flown way above and beyond. Thank you!!

To celebrate, we'll be doing a design reveal for a new merch offering from a brand in the book later today! Stay tuned!