Submitted by bjesiek on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 20:53
This week in The Slate Book Review, writer Matthew Kirschenbaum tells the story of what was probably the first novel ever written using a word processor - IBM’s MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter). This brief but insightful article, titled The Book-Writing Machine, gives us a glimpse of the author, the machine, and the novel at the center of this pleasent little slice of late-1960s era computing history.
Submitted by ajwdct on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 20:26
Abstract:
The microprocessor changed what is now known as Silicon Valley from a mostly agricultural and defense electronics region into a center of innovation for many new technologies. How did that happen and what challenges were faced along the way?
Eden Medina, Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile (MIT Press, 2011).
Prize Citation
Cybernetic Revolutionaries is a well-researched, insightful historical analysis of utopian computer technology and politics in Chile before, during, and after the brief presidency of Slavador Allende. Eden Medina situates the history of technology in a national framework to integrate topics and approaches from economic policies to cybernetics and managerial ideology, international relations, and biography.
Submitted by ajwdct on Sat, 10/27/2012 - 10:56
This Thursday, Oct 25th was a huge event day at the CHM in Mt View, CA. The week included a number of important events and milestones:
1. There were 5 different venue rental events on Oct 25th, including Day One of the Rusnano Conference; Day Two of the Internet Identify Conference; a Symantec theme party; a K&L Gates meeting, and the University of Texas.
2. There was also a Quarterly CHM Board of Trustees meeting.
3. Thursday is a "open to the public" day for the CHM's flagship Revolution exhibit. There were over 1,100 visitors were at the museum- quite a bit for a work day.
Histories of the Internet – Call for Papers
This is a call for papers for a special issue of Information & Culture: A Journal of History (Volume 50, Issue 1, February-March 2015). For the latest and most complete information on the special issue please see www.sigcis.org/InternetIssue.
Guest Editors
- William H. Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow, Balliol College
- Thomas Haigh, Associate Professor of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Andrew L. Russell, Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts & Letters, Stevens Institute of Technology
Submitted by mhicks on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 21:27
“Sometime in the last ten or twelve years, the stereotypical image of the Silicon Valley programmer has shifted from a socially awkward, Utili-kilt-wearing geek to something far more sinister, and fratty, and sexist,” begins the article in the Sfist. Recently, a new term for programmers in their 20s has come into the national consciousness: brogrammer. Half fratty “bro” and half programmer, as a whole the concept of the brogrammer is completely masculine. So is this latest reaction to the nerdy programmer stereotype a problem?
Submitted by ajwdct on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 18:47
Introduction
On March 28, 2012, author Jon Gertner was interviewed at the Computer History Museum (CHM) by KQED's Dave Iverson about his new book, "The Idea Factory...," which chronicles the history of AT&T Bell Labs. Mr. Gertner told this author he had spent three solid years researching and gathering information for the book.
Submitted by bjesiek on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 09:29
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