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63dot
Dec 9, 2008, 08:33 PM
We all have people we admire that may not be household names.

Who are yours?

I put in 4 many here may not know. I chose an unknown/little known indie musician, PJ Harvey. Scientist Lisa Randall, a physicist at Harvard. Jonathan Ive, industrial designer of the iMac and many other products, and finally, many a relative while growing up. :)


Tilpots
Dec 9, 2008, 08:38 PM
We all have people we admire that may not be household names. Who are yours?

Mom and Dad.
mkrishnan
Dec 9, 2008, 08:42 PM
Numerous people associated with the Hole in the Wall Camps.
synth3tik
Dec 9, 2008, 08:44 PM
Not a total house hold name, but in the electronics industry he is know as Dave Smith a.k.a the visionary behind MIDI, patch memory storage, synthesizer design based off of ICs, Vector synthesis and much more.

If you enjoy those horrid cheesy ring tones you have his technology to thank.

The best part of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is debuted to the public in 1983 it still is at version 1.0. It is used in everything from music to phones, voice recognition and a bunch of other applications. That is great design right there.
iJohnHenry
Dec 9, 2008, 08:48 PM
Local hero known only where you live

Terry Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox). :D
Delta608
Dec 9, 2008, 09:32 PM
The men and women of the United States Military and their husbands and wives ...They are my heroes...
That-Is-Bull
Dec 9, 2008, 09:59 PM
Simon Posford of Shpo (http://blobfish.net/music/Shpongle%20-%20The%20Nebbish%20Route.mp3)ngle (http://blobfish.net/music/Shpongle%20-%20Around%20The%20World%20in%20a%20Tea%20Daze.mp3) (quoted in my signature) and Amon (http://blobfish.net/music/Amon%20Tobin%20-%20At%20The%20End%20Of%20The%20Day.mp3) Tobin (http://blobfish.net/music/Amon%20Tobin%20-%20People%20Like%20Frank.mp3) are both awesome indie electronic musicians that everybody should know about IMO.