Susan Kare is a well-known graphic designer who has worked for various companies including Apple, where she created the icons that were part of the original Macintosh operating system’s user interface. Cult of Mac reports that Kare talked at an EG conference in early May in California about her early years at Apple and the inspiration behind her iconic designs and she also revealed why the Mac’s original Apple key was replaced with the Command key. Kare said that one afternoon Steve Jobs dropped by as he usually did to see what’s new, and when he saw all the Apple icons on the screen next to shortcuts, he decided to have the famous Apple icon replaced. “You guys are taking the logo in vain,” Jobs said. “There’s too
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