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How Mac Daddy Joined Mosaic
- Aleks Totic got pulled into Mosaic because he was the best Mac programmer hanging out in the NCSA basement.
- He became the Mac lead organically, not by assignment, and earned the nickname "Mac Daddy."
The New York Times Moment
- Mosaic's front-page NYTimes story crashed the phone system into Urbana-Champaign due to traffic spikes.
- That moment convinced the team they were on the threshold of something big.
Instant Global Feedback Fueled Velocity
- Rapid user feedback made developing Mosaic highly addictive because users worldwide responded instantly.
- That 24/7 global feedback loop drove frantic, high-velocity development cycles.