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Started programming
Began in the mid- 1960s. Ban Bricklin was still in High School when this occurred. Image:http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/visicalc3.html -
Went to College
Got his B.S in Electric Engineering and also received his Computer Science degree in 1973. He got his B.S degree from MIT. -
Met Partner
Worked in a Lab to learn Computer Science, and programming. He met Bob Frankston there. Image: https://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/402-dan-bricklin.html?start=1 -
Left DEC to go to work at FasFax
FasFax was a smaller corporation to make cash registers that were electric. -
Dan Bricklin went back to school
Dan Bricklim decided it wanted to learn spreadsheets. -
Got his M.B.A from Harvard
He learned how to make and create electric Spreadsheets. Bob Frankston helped him process these programming ideas. Images:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/03/a-vision-of-the-computing-future/ -
Software Art
Dan and Frankston founded Software Arts in 1979 as well. Images: https://www.idgconnect.com/idgconnect/interviews/1024552/spreadsheet-inventor-dan-bricklin-life-computing -
Co-developed VisiCalc
Bricklin was one of the developers for this software VisiCalc. VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet. -
IF format
The IF format was developed. This made spreadsheet data posable to share with other programing platforms. An example, is Word. -
Grace Murray Hopper Award
Dan Bricklin won Grace Hopper award in November for his creation of VisiCalc. -
VisiCalc
VisiCalc was sold to a development corporation called Lotus. They made the program Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets. Image: http://www.old-computers.com/history/detail.asp?n=47&t=4 -
Software Garden
Dan Bricklin created the Software Garden. Dan Bricklin was a chair name during this process. -
Demo Program
Bricklin's demo was for simulating other types of software. Image: https://www.thoughtco.com/dan-bricklin-bob-frankston-spreadsheet-visicalc-4078060 -
Updated product of Bricklin Demo
Called: Dan Bricklin's Demo II program. -
PageGarden Program
PageGarden Program was for using laser printers. Image:https://www.electronicdesign.com/trends-amp-analysis/daniel-s-bricklin-and-bob-frankston-engineers-add-early-spreadsheet-success -
Slate Corporation
Da was one of the founders that made Slate Corporation. Slate Corporation personalized other computers. Image: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47802280 -
Slate Corporation closed
When Slate Corporation closed Dan went back to Software Garden. -
Trellix Corporation
Dan found Trellix Corporation. -
IEEE Computer Society
Bricklin got the award: Entrepreneur "for pioneering the development and commercialization of spreadsheets." Image:https://www.bspny.com/blog/dan-bricklin-meet-the-inventor-of-the-electronic-spreadsheet -
Friend to friend networking
Dan brought this phrase.In todays technological society, friend to friend networking is used by platforms such as; LinkedIn and Facebook. -
The Trellix Corporation was bought by Interland
Bricklin took the chief Technology position -
Dan goes back to Software Garden
Dan decided to go back to the Software Garden as president of the company. Image:http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/visicalc3.html
