Grady Booch notes he was TIME's 2006 Person of the Year — 'You'
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-09-18
Software engineering luminary Grady Booch joked on X that he was indeed TIME magazine's Person of the Year for 2006 — when the title was awarded to 'You', every ordinary person contributing content to the internet. A lighthearted bit of tech-history trivia.
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