Computer History Museum | Oral History of Caroline Rose @ComputerHistory | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 31 minutes ago.
Interviewed by Hansen Hsu and Marc Weber on 2023-11-28 in Mountain View, CA
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Caroline Rose, née Rufolo, was born (1947) and raised in Queens, New York. She suffered rheumatic fever as a child and alternated between home school and Catholic schools. She graduated with a mathematics degree from Queens College in 1967.
Caroline moved to California in 1967 and became a technical writer at Tymshare. From 1969 to 1976, she became a programmer before returning to technical writing, all while working at Tymshare.
Caroline joined Apple in 1982 to write the award-winning Inside Macintosh, the technical documentation for the Macintosh Toolbox APIs. She followed Steve Jobs to NeXT to become its documentation manager in 1986, but left Iin 1991 after suffering a repetitive strain injury. She then rejoined Apple in its Tech Support group to take over develop, Apple’s award-winning technical journal. Leaving Apple in 1997 after Jobs returned, Caroline started her own freelance consultancy, with clients including Apple, Adobe, Genentech, Netscape, and Sony.
* Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102808938
Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection.
Catalog Number: 102808939
Acquisition Number: 2023.0198
Interviewed by Hansen Hsu and Marc Weber on 2023-11-28 in Mountain View, CA
© Computer History Museum
Caroline Rose, née Rufolo, was born (1947) and raised in Queens, New York. She suffered rheumatic fever as a child and alternated between home school and Catholic schools. She graduated with a mathematics degree from Queens College in 1967.
Caroline moved to California in 1967 and became a technical writer at Tymshare. From 1969 to 1976, she became a programmer before returning to technical writing, all while working at Tymshare.
Caroline joined Apple in 1982 to write the award-winning Inside Macintosh, the technical documentation for the Macintosh Toolbox APIs. She followed Steve Jobs to NeXT to become its documentation manager in 1986, but left Iin 1991 after suffering a repetitive strain injury. She then rejoined Apple in its Tech Support group to take over develop, Apple’s award-winning technical journal. Leaving Apple in 1997 after Jobs returned, Caroline started her own freelance consultancy, with clients including Apple, Adobe, Genentech, Netscape, and Sony.
* Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102808938
Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection.
Catalog Number: 102808939
Acquisition Number: 2023.0198
