Talk:Kai Krause

Burg Rheineck
There is an article about this on the DE wikipedia that could be linked to - is there a specific method used to link to (other languaged) WP articles? Achromatic 03:53, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, done.
 * --Matthiaspaul (talk) 16:57, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

ByteBurg or Byteburg?
The site has it both ways. - Stormwatch 13:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You’re right, I even see more Byteburg’s then ByteBurg's. I get the feeling they don’t know themselves and maybe it’s a remnant of the German spelling of the nouns Byte and Burg. Anyway, magazines use Byteburg as well as Byteburg’s contact information, so guess that should be it. Didn’t see much relevant hints at Manual of Style (capital letters). --Van helsing 12:44, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Clio Award?
The article states he won a Clio award for work on a motion picture. Clio awards are for work in advertising. Was his work somehow for an ad for the motion picture?

A search of the online Clio award database clearly indicates that Kai Krause was never awarded a Clio.


 * Kai Krause contributed the sound effects to a radio spot – "Star Trek-The Motion Picture: One Giant Step" (60") – that was awarded best in category Use of Sound in 1980. Sources: Clio Archive (login required), Der Herr der Landschaften, Die Zeit 1995 (in German) -- 09:21, 30 September 2013 (UTC) mprove (talk)

Software artist?
What the heck does 'software artist' mean? There's no wikipedia entry for such an occupation. Perhaps a better description can be found. Julesd 03:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * A software artist is an artist whose medium is software. Jm3 (talk) 02:50, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Citations needed
Could someone please provide a third-party reliable source reference that Krause is genuinely notable, per WP:BIO? The article says that he was listed in the DEMO conference, but the listed link is dead. Do we have anything like a newspaper or magazine article about him? --Elonka 01:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw that someone repaired the link to the DEMO conference, but it doesn't seem to confirm the honor... Instead, it's a link to what is apparently a self-written bio by Krause.  This article badly needs better references. --Elonka 19:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Role in Aqua/OSX?
Did he have a role in designing Mac OSX's Aqua UI? I have read that he did but Apple doesn't want it publically known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A plague of rainbows (talk • contribs) 21:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * To the best of my knowledge, Kai did not play a direct role on the design of MacOS X / Aqua. But several former employees from MetaCreates joined Apple after the company took a different path in 1999. mprove (talk) 09:48, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

What on earth is this article about?!
There are millions of software engineers, programmers, designers in the world. Many of them design and implement all sorts of programs and tools. Why should there be an article about this particular one?

Ah - I get it, it's that old Wikipedia-as-free-advertising trick. Well done, Kai. You had us fooled for a few minutes there! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.207.144 (talk) 23:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

WTF? Did he write it himself?
This article reeks of aggrandizements and indulgence, I mean, wtf is it with the quotations that don't make any sense or that aren't noteworthy at all? Looks like Mr. Krause wrote it himself. --89.127.179.216 (talk) 05:30, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does, and I've done some work to clean it up. I've removed entire un-sourced sections and a couple rather dubious (and probably false) claims. --Jorm (talk) 17:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)