# People Inventing the Future of Computing **Public Intellectuals / Researchers** - Michael Nielsen - [[Andy Matuschak]] - [[Bret Victor]] - [[Peter van Hardenberg (PVH)]] - [[Chris Granger]] - working on an experimental interface - [[Geoffrey Litt]] - MIT CSAIL, contractor with Ink and Switch - Rasmus Andersson - Playbit - Jason Yuan - MercuryOS, MakeSpace, currently working on FreezeFrame with Tyler Angert - Chet Corcos - Personal database / P2P communication software - [Davis Remmel](http://www.davisr.me/) - My primary goal is to discover as much as possible about the Universe, imitating it with computational models. - [Yoshiki Schmitz](https://www.notion.so/About-Me-7543563c194748f4a500d2c164bd3057) - "I want us to reclaim the liberatory potential of computers. To that end, I am creating research prototypes and concepts of dynamic digital environments for authoring, exploring, communicating, and programming (and hopefully, break down the distinctions between all of these)." - [[Gordon Brander]] - Working on Subconscious - Alex Kim - NC State chemist interested in independent research? - [[Christopher Labacher]] - interaction designer focused on creating notations and tools - [Alexander Obenauer](https://alexanderobenauer.com/) - excellent series of Lab Notes - [[Linus Lee]] - tool-making, at IdeaFlow - [Tom Critchlow](https://tomcritchlow.com/) - Independent strategy consultant and creator of a little experiment called Electric Tables **Main Figures** - [[Alan Kay]] - [[Douglas Engelbart]] - [[David Smith]] **Startups** - Mark McGranaghan - co-founder, Muse.app - Adam Wiggins - co-founder, Muse.app - [Rob Haisfield](https://robhaisfield.com/about) - independent Behavioral Product Strategy and Gamification consultant - Michael Dubakov - Founder of fibery.io - Minsk, Belarus - tools for thought - [Tyler Angert](https://tyler.cafe/) - Designer at repl.it, currently working on FreezeFrame with Jason Yuan - [[Weiwei Hsu]] - Working on MakeSpace, now Sprout.place, previously worked at [[Dynamicland]]. **Educators** - Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock - co-founder, Recurse center - Jared Pereira - founder, Hyperlink Academy **Investors** - Tyler Tringas - https://calmfund.com/ - taking a break - couldn't get the business model to work! - Michael Dempsey - https://compound.vc/ - Ankur Nagpal - https://vibe.vc/ (founder of Teachable) - Suhail Lavingia - https://shl.vc/ (founder of Gumroad) **Progress Studies** - [[Ben Reinhardt]] - #work/future-of-computing #people