Thompson and a PC XT in 1984
John Henry Michael Thompson (born June 15, 1959), known among his peers as "J.T.",[1] is a Jamaican-American software engineer that was the chief scientist of MacroMind and its successor, Macromedia.[2]
Early life and education[]
Thompson was born to Jamaican laborers who frequently moved between cities for work. He credits his mother who "encouraged me to excel in school and taught me that education is a stepping-stone to financial and creative independence."[3]
Thompson earned a degree in Computer Science and Visual Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. [2] His younger brother Jervis W. Thompson also pursued computer science and excelled as a student.[4]
Career[]
In 1984, Thompson joined LucasFilm's Droid Works, where he worked on EditDroid, a pioneering non-linear editing system.[5]
Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop by John "J.T." Thompson
MacroMind and Macromedia[]
Thompson and Erik Neumann are credited with creating the Lingo programming language that was used by Macromedia Director.[1] Thompson's other projects included MacroMind VideoWorks II, VideoWorks Accelerator, MediaMaker, and Action!.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An Unofficial Brief History of Director by Luke Wigley, Lingo Workshop. 2017-01-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Henry Thompson – invented lingo programming used in Macromedia Director and Shockwave – African American History Month 2015, Adafruit. 2015-02-26.
- ↑ Gift of Love by Liz Karagianis, MIT Spectrum. Fall 2001.
- ↑ DaLingoKid by Jervis W. Thompson, Jervo. Accessed 2020-12-17.
- ↑ An homage to John Henry Thompson, creator of the Lingo programming language and the interactive CD-ROM boom of the nineties by Joey deVilla, Global Nerdy. 2020-06-02.
External links[]
- John Henry Thompson official website
- JHT home personal website
- John Henry Thompson at YouTube
- John Henry Thompson by Earl Banton at Pioneers of Computing
- John Henry Thompson at Famous Black Inventors
- John Henry Thompson at Black in History (2013-04-18)
- John Thompson at the IEEE Global History Network (archived 2012-04-26)
- John Thompson at the Engineering and Technology History Wiki
- John Henry Thompson at the Adobe Wiki
- John Thompson (inventor) at Wikipedia
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