Loren Brichter
| Loren Brichter | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 15, 1984 Manhattan, New York |
| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Computer science, human-computer interaction, user interface design |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Known for |
Tweetie, Pull-to-Refresh, Letterpress |
| Spouse | Jean Whitehead |
Loren Brichter is an American software developer who is best known for creating Tweetie and the Pull-to-Refresh interaction technique.
Loren Brichter was born in Manhattan, New York on November 15, 1984. He is a son of a contractor and a restaurant owner. Brichter was first introduced to programming by his middle school teacher, Michael Tempel, with Logo. He then explored further in high school, got into Cocoa programming, and picked up C, Objective-C as well as web programming with the help of his teacher, Chris Lehmann. Together with Jean Whitehead, they have two children.
Brichter attended Tufts University where he initially intended to study Computer Science. He then switched majors twice, first to Computer Engineering, then to Electrical Engineering. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. He was offered free masters by the university, which he declined, so that he could start his career. Prior to his graduation, he had considered dropping out early due to a different job offer from Apple by the beginning of senior year. However, his family and his girlfriend convinced him to reject it so that he could graduate. Later on, he then got a new offer to work on the then secret iPhone and iPad project, which he accepted and worked on after he graduated.
2006 - 2007: Worked at Apple as part of a five-person team responsible for making the iPhone’s graphics hardware and software communicate. He left the company after iPhone 1.0 was complete.
2007 - 2010: Founded his own company, atebits in 2007, and released a small drawing app for Mac - Scribbles. Brichter then released his second app Tweetie in 2008, where the Pull-to-Refresh interaction technique was borne. In the same year, Brichter also co-founded a company Borange.
2010 - 2011: Brichter worked for Twitter during this time after he sold Tweetie along with his whole company in 2010.
2011 - now: Upon leaving Twitter in November 2011, Brichter refounded atebits, which is a whole different company utilizing the same name as his startup from before. The company then released a word game app Letterpress in 2012, which was later sold to Solebon in early 2016. After his time in Twitter, Brichter was also asked by Mike Matas, an ex-colleague at Apple, to help with the Paper app that Facebook was developing. The app was released in 2014. Although Paper did not incorporate the Pull-to-Refresh gesture that Brichter invented, the duo have created new gestures and ideas for the project. Brichter’s current plans include advising a few companies, and spending most of his time working on his own projects.
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