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July 10, 2008
Introduction: Hazards of life…
Maybe this post ought have come first before my comment on the Three Societies Meeting just up the blog. Still as it was more about me I have preferred leaving it out as second. I hope not being murdered for that.
July 10, 2008
A few historians of computing among lots of historians of science
When recently I got contacted about the opportunity to contribute to this blog, I thought as a first post to report on the panels on the history of computing of the 6th Three Societies Meeting .
July 2, 2008
The First What?
The first business computer. The first Systems Analyst. As a curator, I always demur when asked "what was the first....? There's no end to it, and technology does not proceed that way. A new technology does not suddenly appear in fully functional form; it "eases up" to functionality.
June 27, 2008
SAGE and the Origins of Modern Computing
An old, rare IBM film about SAGE recently surfaced on YouTube -- what a fantastic resource that web site is.
June 18, 2008
Two Dispatches from the U.K.
June 13, 2008
Moore's Law Again, and a (Possibly) Naked Emperor
In an earlier post (March 20), I discussed Moore’s Law and its relation to the history of computing.
May 5, 2008
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Future of Computing
Last February I had the privilege of attending a conference
April 4, 2008
"Cybernetics is the Universal Solvent of Technology"
Those words were spoken by the late Professor W. David Lewis, of Auburn University, discussing a talk I had given about the relationship of computing to aerospace.
March 26, 2008
Moore's Law, Steve Case, and YouTube
Moore’s Law is an empirical observation—that the density of computer memory chips doubles about every 18 months, and it has been doing so for the past four decades.