Larry Tesler

Lawrence G. (Larry) Tesler is a computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction. In May of 2005, he joined Yahoo! as the head of User Experience and Design.

Tesler studied computer science at Stanford University in the 1960s, and worked for a time at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. From 1973 to 1980, he was at Xerox PARC, where, among other things, he worked on the Gypsy word processor.

In 1980, he moved to Apple Computer, where he held various positions, including Vice President of AppleNet, Vice President of the Advanced Technology Group, and Chief Scientist. He worked on the Lisa team, and was enthusiastic about the development of the Apple Macintosh as the successor to the Lisa.

He left Apple in 1997 to co-found Stagecast Software, which allowed him to apply his enthusiasm for kids' programming and use of computers, which he acquired mainly at Xerox PARC, where he worked in Alan Kay's Learning Research Group. He came to Amazon.com in 2001. In 2004, he became Vice President of Shopping Experience at Amazon.com. In 2005, he joined Yahoo! as Vice President of Yahoo's User Experience and Design group.

He is also on the board of the Gorilla Foundation.

See also

• List of programmers

External links

• Larry Tesler home page
• Folklore.org anecdotes involving Larry Tesler
• Board of Directors page at Stagecast
• Gorilla Foundation board members page
• Publications by Larry Tesler from Interaction-Design.org
• 1999 Lecture on Novice Programming at Stagecast Site