The Race for Microprocessor Leadership in Silicon Valley: Jan 7, 2012 IEEE Life Member Meeting in Mt View, CAAbstract: 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?
2012 Computer History Museum PrizeEden Medina, Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile 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.
Oct 25, 2012 was a Banner Day at Computer History Museum!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: Special Issue of Information and CultureHistories 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
Did V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai Invent Email? (UPDATED)Did V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai Invent Email? A Computer Historian Responds Now includes both the original article comissioned by the Washington Post and a lengthy extension covering Ayyadurai's susequent claims added in August 2012.
From Antisocial to Alphasocial: Exclusionary Nerd Cultures and the Rise of the Brogrammer “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?
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