Interview with Norman Meyrowitz

Norm Meyrowitz is currently an Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Brown University. He received an Sc.B. in Computer Science from Brown in 1981, and is recognized for his work on linking and multimedia technology for the Internet and for the evolution of Web development software. In the 1980s, Norm served as a Co-Director of Brown University's Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, where he led the development of Intermedia, a hypermedia system that influenced both the creator of the Web and the creator of the Mosaic Web browser. In mid-1980s, he helped start two ACM conferences - OOPSLA (Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, and Languages) and Hypertext '87, which continue to this day. Following his work in academia, Norm worked for several years as the Director of System/User Software for pen/tablet pioneer GO Corporation before transitioning to his role as President of Product Development at Macromedia (later acquired by Adobe). At Macromedia, Norm oversaw a variety of Web development and multimedia products at Macromedia, including Shockwave, Dreamweaver, Flash, the latter of which had more than 4 billion downloads in its heyday in the 1990s and early 2000s.