Here is the best way to answer the question, "What is HyperCard?" -- with real world examples. Most of the authors below have agreed to accept correspondence. If you would like to write to any of them about their use of HyperCard, just click on the name at the end of their story.
And in case you are wondering, all the user stories on these pages (as well as those in our Readers' Tips area) are stored in a HyperCard database which automatically generates and updates the web pages for this site.
Lars-Olof Albertson : Evaluating diplomas, invoicing, project management
Brad Allen : Comics -- but serious work
Heinrich Arn : Databases on the web, automatic HTML formatting
Devin Asay : Computer-assisted instruction and testing
Glen L. Bledsoe : Educational software for a market of one
Chuck Boody : Media catalog, clipping excerpting, CD-ROM cross-referencing
Malcolm Bowers : Role-playing game enhancements
Peter M. Brigham, MD : Medical records, Gutenberg Reader, and toys!
Michael A. Brucato : Instructional software in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German
Joseph F. Buchanan : Managing a dental practice, importing to a Palm Pilot
John Burgess : Personal power -- vital statistics
Bruce Carter : Mathematics placement exams
Quinn Carver : Circuit board assembly
Ed Cawley : Biology databases, statistics, graphing, and presentations
Dexter Chan : Conflict management software
Steve Collins : Contact management software
Jonathan Cooper : Scheduling an art gallery
Hans H. Cordt : Isotope ratio mass spectrometry hardware control
Lawrence D'Oliveiro : Plasticine for your mind: testing toolbox calls
Jeanne A. E. DeVoto : Analyzing Apple Guide files
Joseph DiRienzo, Ph.D. : Integration: lectures, tutorials
John Droz, jr. : Debt collection software for law firms
Geoff Duncan : Internet robot, TidBITS automated distribution and processing
Toby Earp : English grammar tutor and progress tracking
Tim Egan : School runs like clockwork
Jason Fleetwood-Boldt : Automate your life
R Charles & Charlene Flickinger : EuroTrader, a European exploration game
Freddie : Gain self respect and status
Tom Gilfoyle : Grading program, class records and maintenance
Georgette Gorchoff : Dance notation
Brent Goss : Online banking application
Dr. Stuart Grauer : Integrated school management system
Serge Grenier : Business and office management
Swami Gurupremananda : Meditation aid
Richard K. Herz : Chemical reactor lab, BASIC reference
John Horner : On-the-fly web pages at the Royal Easter Show
John Hudson : Accounting, property management
James J. Croft III : Leveraging the user
Paul Ingemi : Class presentation, games
Roman Kalinoski : Budding programmer - Hyper Quest
Kurt Keller : Teaching programming, Mac evangelism, and educational software
Jim Kelly : Film captioning
Oliver Kenkel : Highway signage, statistical analysis, First Class Intranet crawler, 3D movie viewer
Mark Klink : Network control, special education, automated data entry
Frank Kokomoor : Neonatal computer-assisted instruction
Catherine Kunicki : Prototyping, artwork display, personal productivity
Jeannie Lawrence : Wedding cakes before your eyes
Ben Lawson : Broadcast news satellite uplinks, data transmission, hardware control
Adrien Leroux : Electricity encyclopedia and schematics
Philippe Lestang : Personal organizers
Charles Lever : Interactive foreign languages
Quentin Long : Buddhist Yellow Pages
Gaylon Lovelace : Geneology program and office tools
Bill Lynn : Augmentative communication, button scanning
Stewart Macdonald : Reptilian database
Peter K. Matthews : Organize and catalog museum specimens
John McClenon : Learning organic chemistry and quantitative reasoning
Ian McKnight : School ID cards and conference scheduling
Lucinda Miller : Language Lab libraries, verb conjugations
Craig Newman : Business management operations, fiber optic lighting control
Edward Nutter : Inventory, billing, and scheduling
Gary Parker : Music & video production, staffing, and statistics
Jason Parker : Business solution prototypes
James D. Parkin : Foreign language tutorials
Michael Pease : Customizing and automating the publishing industry
Kelly Peavey : HyperHandicap Pro calculates golf handicaps
Paul James Podnar : Commercial medical ophthalmology software
Sidney A Powers : Calculating jet aircraft drag
Matt Reagan : Random plot and character generator
Sarah Reichelt : Biotechnology hardware control, purchase orders, mailing systems
Jeff Reynolds : Commerical multimedia applications
Matthew Riddle : Molecular modelling
Doug Rogers : Business management for graphics and illustration company, teaching tool
Jason Ruhl : Classroom management system
John Rule : Music and MIDI Tools
Brian Russell : Page layout and printer control
Tim Selander : Television subtitling
Gypsy King Software : Shareware games and clip art storage
Stan Soria : Clinical psychology applications
Bob Stelloh : Garden Information Manager
Sunatori, Go Simon : Personal organizers, games, nutritional database
Adrian Sutton : Multimedia and matchmaking
Alexander Thomas : HTML editor, utilities
Sergey Tolkachev : Neural networks and web access
Robert Toreki : Periodic Table Challenge
S. D. Wagenseller : Teaching Esperanto
Bill Westfield : Automatic generation of print publications, speech-based HTML authoring
Marvin Wurth : Individual Education Plans, athletic director data management
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Revised: January 23, 2000
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