Tim Anderson (programmer): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:15, 10 September 2023

Latest revision as of 23:51, 14 May 2025

(4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)

Line 7:

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_date = February{{birth year and age|1954|02}}

| birth_place =

| alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], 1975; [[Master of Science|MS]], 1977)}}

Line 23:

The home computer ports of ''Zork'' would prove immensely successful, and Infocom grew rapidly, focusing on producing new text adventures, as well as branching out into business software.<ref name=down/> Anderson would take on the title of "senior scientist, special-projects programmer" within the company, mostly assisting with development of new games.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rouse |first1=Richard |title=Game Design: Theory and Practice |date=2004 |isbn=9781556229121 |page=180 |edition=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ivory |first1=James |title=Virtual Lives |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781598845860 |page=124}}</ref> The company's expansion into business software ultimately caused them to de-emphasize game production, which lead to their eventual demise in 1989.<ref name=down/><ref>{{cite web |title=Stick to What You Know: Infocom and the Perils of Expansion |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-games/16/196 |website=The Computer History Museum}}</ref>

After Infocom shut down, Anderson held a variety of positions in the defense and business sectors, including serving as the [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of OffroadOffRoad Capital, a [[dot-com bubble]] startup for investing in private equity online.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waldrop |first1=Mitchell |title=Computing's Johnny Appleseed |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2000/01/01/236431/computings-johnny-appleseed/ |work=MIT Technology Review |date=January 1, 2000}}</ref><ref name=patch>{{Citecite web |last=McNamara |first=Neal |date=2023-03-22 |title=Sudbury 2023 Candidate Profile: Timothy Anderson, Goodnow Board |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/sudbury/sudbury-2023-candidate-profile-timothy-anderson-goodnow-board |website=Sudbury Patch |access-date=2025-05-14 |websitelanguage=Sudburyen}}</ref> PatchThe San Francisco-based firm maintained the first Internet site that allowed high-net-worth individuals to invest electronically in established, growing companies.<ref>{{cite news |languagelast=enYoung |first=Eric |title=Big money doesn't always open doors |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |date=September 2, 1999}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Line 37:

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:People from Sudbury, Massachusetts]]

[[Category:VideoAmerican video game programmers]]

[[Category:1954 births]]