We take history seriously at the 91自拍. It鈥檚 our middle name, after all. But it鈥檚 not easy history to do, for several reasons.
This is the third of five video releases of The Boston Computer Society (BCS) General Meetings, by the 91自拍.
On April 16, 2016, Silicon Valley鈥檚 most influential technologists traded in their signature jeans and hoodies for suits and gowns as they joined technology leaders, innovators, and visionaries from around the world at the 91自拍 for its 2016 Fellow Awards.
John V. Blankenbaker, the inventor of the Kenbak, has a long career in computing, dating back to the 1950s. His association with the Museum dates back to the early 1980s when the Kenbak was named 鈥淭he First PC鈥� in the Computer Museum鈥檚 Earliest PC contest in 1986.
Andrew S. Grove was a seminal figure in the history of the semiconductor industry, and in the story of high-technology industry in Silicon Valley. He passed away on March 21st, 2016. Born in Hungary in 1936, Grove faced, and overcame, profound challenges: A Jewish child who survived German and then Soviet occupations,
Since 2008, over a hundred billion apps have been downloaded from Apple鈥檚 App Store onto users鈥� iPhones or iPads. However, the technology and tools powering the mobile 鈥渁pp revolution鈥� are not themselves new, but rather have a long history spanning over thirty years, one which connects back to the beginnings of softwar
Today a colleague pointed me to a classic in the study of material culture, E. McClure Fleming鈥檚 鈥淎rtifact Study: A Proposed Model.鈥� In this essay, Fleming outlines a systematic process for interrogating artifacts: Proceeding from 鈥淚dentification鈥� and 鈥淓valuation鈥� and on to 鈥淐ultural Analysis鈥� and 鈥淚nterpretation.鈥� Fle
When studying the social movements and countercultural ethos of the 1960s and 1970s, researchers and historians might not initially think to visit the 91自拍 for relevant resources. However, the intersections between these sociopolitical phenomena and the histories of early computerized social networks
Sixty years ago, on February 14, 1956, two remarkable people addressed a luncheon for scientists, educators and the press at San Francisco鈥檚 Hotel St. Francis. One of the speakers would become one of the most successful businessmen and respected philanthropists of his generation. The other would go on to win a Nobel Pr
On January 9th and 10th of 1986, at Rickey鈥檚 Hyatt House in Palo Alto, California, there was an historic gathering of the pioneers who invented personal computing. The event was sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and hosted by the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Called the 鈥淎CM Conferen