Robert Gaskins is an American software developer. He is one of the creators of PowerPoint, and an expert and author on the history of the English concertina.
In the early 1980s Gaskins worked five years as manager of computer science research at Bell Northern Research, an international telecommunications R&D laboratory in Silicon Valley.[1] Subsequently, he joined Forethought, Inc., where the development of PowerPoint was begun.[2]
Robert Gaskins was the visionary entrepreneur who in the mid-1980s realized that the huge but largely invisible market for preparing business slides was a perfect match for the coming generation of graphics-oriented computers.
Many original documents written by Robert Gaskins during the early history of PowerPoint's strategy and development are online for public access.[4]
^ Gaskins, Robert (2012). Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint. Vinland Books. ISBN9780985142421. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ Gomes, Lee (2007-06-20). "PowerPoint Turns 20, As Its Creators Ponder A Dark Side to Success". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ Gaskins, Robert. "PowerPoint History Documents". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ Atlas, Allan (2009-12-05). "George Grove's Article on the 'Concertina' in the First Edition of A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1878) — Introduction". International Concertina Association — Historical Document series. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
^ "Wheatstone & Co. Concertina Ledgers at the Horniman Museum, London". Horniman Museum. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
robert, gaskins, american, software, developer, creators, powerpoint, expert, author, history, english, concertina, education, professional, work, editgaskins, educated, computer, science, university, california, berkeley, subsequently, interdisciplinary, grad. Robert Gaskins is an American software developer He is one of the creators of PowerPoint and an expert and author on the history of the English concertina Education and professional work editGaskins was educated in Computer Science at University of California Berkeley and subsequently did interdisciplinary graduate study in literature and computing 1 In the early 1980s Gaskins worked five years as manager of computer science research at Bell Northern Research an international telecommunications R amp D laboratory in Silicon Valley 1 Subsequently he joined Forethought Inc where the development of PowerPoint was begun 2 Gaskins was the entrepreneur behind the development of PowerPoint later known as Microsoft PowerPoint after acquisition by Microsoft in the early 1990s Lee Gomes wrote in The Wall Street Journal 3 Robert Gaskins was the visionary entrepreneur who in the mid 1980s realized that the huge but largely invisible market for preparing business slides was a perfect match for the coming generation of graphics oriented computers Many original documents written by Robert Gaskins during the early history of PowerPoint s strategy and development are online for public access 4 After leaving Microsoft Gaskins became somewhat renowned as an expert on the history of the English concertina 5 6 7 References edit a b Robert Gaskins Retrieved 2018 03 14 Gaskins Robert 2012 Sweating Bullets Notes about Inventing PowerPoint Vinland Books ISBN 9780985142421 Retrieved 4 June 2015 Gomes Lee 2007 06 20 PowerPoint Turns 20 As Its Creators Ponder A Dark Side to Success Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved 4 June 2015 Gaskins Robert PowerPoint History Documents Retrieved 4 June 2015 Atlas Allan 2009 12 05 George Grove s Article on the Concertina in the First Edition of A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1878 Introduction International Concertina Association Historical Document series Retrieved 2018 03 14 Wheatstone amp Co Concertina Ledgers at the Horniman Museum London Horniman Museum Retrieved 2018 03 14 Williams Wes 2013 Concertina History Concertina History Resource Retrieved 2018 03 14 External links editOfficial website nbsp This biographical article relating to a computer specialist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Gaskins amp oldid 1216765489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
