[SIGCIS-Members] The Communicators

Thu Mar 17 19:58:59 PDT 2022

Thank you Paul.

I did not intend to limit it to only works by people in the industry. I
want to include others too. The important thing is, whoever they are, they
should be people whose writing somehow * changed * the industry, not just
commented/reported on it.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:27 PM Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP at si.edu> wrote:

> There were lots of people who made predictions about the future (e.g. Ed
> Berkeley's "Giant Brains"), but your question is about works that computer
> people acted to bring into being. That is a more restricted set. Not sure
> of Berkely had that influence on computer engineers and scientists. Alan
> Kay's description of a "Dynabook"? John Sculley's video about a personal
> assistant?  (Not clear if the folks at Apple or anywhere else took his
> video as marching orders or not).
>
> Maybe a negative writing: Dreyfus's "What Computers Can't Do."  As much as
> it was disparaged, AI researchers did come around to take a different tack
> on AI, with great success. Whether they were persuaded by Dreyfus's
> arguments or not I am not sure.
>
> Paul Ceruzzi
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Lori
> Emerson <lori.emerson at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2022 2:29 PM
> *To:* Janet Abbate <abbate at vt.edu>
> *Cc:* members at SIGCIS.org <members at sigcis.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [SIGCIS-Members] The Communicators
>
>
> *External Email - Exercise Caution*
> Hi Evan and all,
>
> I would add George Orwell on the "World Brain" as well as Paul Otlett's
> Mundaneum - not explicitly computers but definitely imagining a networked,
> world wide information sharing system.
>
> yrs, Lori
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:25 PM Janet Abbate <abbate at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Evan,
>
> David Ferro and Eric Swedin’s anthology, "Science Fiction and Computing:
> Essays on Interlinked Domains" (McFarland & Company, 2011) is a series of
> essays about science fiction that affected real-life computing. I don’t
> recall how much coverage there was of pre-1965 SF.
>
> I used to teach Asimov’s short story “The Last Question” (1956), which is
> one of his most widely read, but I don’t know if it influenced actual
> computing.
>
> Janet
>
> Dr. Janet Abbate
> Professor, Science, Technology and Society
> Virginia Tech
> Co-director, VT National Capital Region STS program
> liberalarts.vt.edu/sts
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fliberalarts.vt.edu%2Fsts&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=A530tI2bk5tBrO7IvWFd1W8mTZcuwKhKDyo1RQDPEwE%3D&reserved=0>
> www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FVirginiaTechSTS&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=S5eBChUSc1e5ZQ4wRZFy7GE0gTh4ZqnPFBTaACZSoXk%3D&reserved=0>
> https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/stsconnect/
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fvt.edu%2Fstsconnect%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zW%2B4W02YlvIqt%2F2Vxp0jjJVt7Cz8N2%2FHCRP6UvvB%2BQQ%3D&reserved=0>
>
> > On Mar 17, 2022, at 11:23 AM, Evan Koblentz <evank at njit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Good suggestion! Science fiction often tells us about the present,
> sometimes more than the future.
> >
> > ----
> > Evan Koblentz
> >
> > Staff Writer, Office of Strategic Communications
> > Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing
> >
> > evank at njit.edu
> > (973) 596-3065
> > Https://web.njit.edu/~evank
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.njit.edu%2F~evank&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=wE%2BIuWAy7DsjUYTPBmrtkCCDrFdobg4Df8gmyPV8fmA%3D&reserved=0>
> > @TechnicallyEvan
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Adam Hyland <achyland at uw.edu>
> > Date: 3/17/22 11:15 AM (GMT-05:00)
> > To: Jean Graham <jean.graham at stonybrook.edu>
> > Cc: Evan Koblentz <evank at njit.edu>, "members at SIGCIS.org" <
> members at sigcis.org>
> > Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] The Communicators
> >
> > I wouldn't know how to begin writing about this, but Asimov comes
> immediately to mind for pre 1965.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 8:04 AM Jean Graham <jean.graham at stonybrook.edu>
> wrote:
> > Definitely the people who wrote hacker zines and bulletin boards, not
> least because they combined a political point of view with their technical
> writing
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 10:58 AM Evan Koblentz <evank at njit.edu> wrote:
> > I’m interested in a new-to-me research angle: the people who changed
> computing by writing about it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lovelace comes to mind. So do Vannevar Bush and Edmund Berkeley.
> >
> >
> >
> >       • Who else should I consider from prior to 1965? (I have the
> microcomputer generation covered.)
> >       • Are there existing papers on this subject?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Evan A Koblentz
> > Staff Writer, Office of Strategic Communications
> > Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing
> > evan.a.koblentz at njit.edu • (973) 596-3065
> > https://web.njit.edu/~evank
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.njit.edu%2F~evank&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=wE%2BIuWAy7DsjUYTPBmrtkCCDrFdobg4Df8gmyPV8fmA%3D&reserved=0>
> > @TechnicallyEvan
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=CRRF0%2Bwf8Tx%2BQvl7wLdCluFpJayBzvndKIrKgpsBZNQ%3D&reserved=0>,
> the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those
> of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS.
> The list archives are at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BbnMd3Eu1iA8tHFlNXKmViIjHR7ghlOiyAYEg83uIyA%3D&reserved=0>
> and you can change your subscription options at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Z6Op8imPZuJDRA9UL%2BLmcZS5kkcCVOyNAqf10%2F72%2BBM%3D&reserved=0>
> > _______________________________________________
> > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=CRRF0%2Bwf8Tx%2BQvl7wLdCluFpJayBzvndKIrKgpsBZNQ%3D&reserved=0>,
> the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those
> of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS.
> The list archives are at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BbnMd3Eu1iA8tHFlNXKmViIjHR7ghlOiyAYEg83uIyA%3D&reserved=0>
> and you can change your subscription options at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Z6Op8imPZuJDRA9UL%2BLmcZS5kkcCVOyNAqf10%2F72%2BBM%3D&reserved=0>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Adam Hyland (he/him)
> > adampunk.com
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fadampunk.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=En%2FGvQaU4T%2FdcI6wQkT3GNx40oDkNqgin9LuehbJeUE%3D&reserved=0>
> > UW HCDE PhD Student
> > _______________________________________________
> > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134020572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=CRRF0%2Bwf8Tx%2BQvl7wLdCluFpJayBzvndKIrKgpsBZNQ%3D&reserved=0>,
> the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those
> of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS.
> The list archives are at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yzVpoaps7b9CFVYInibamBF4MPt0%2FDFcvY2JWfVCHWM%3D&reserved=0>
> and you can change your subscription options at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=faYTPvRCILc2F6OUybBLApHchrZ5TPznjYYLXtKw2w8%3D&reserved=0>
>
> _______________________________________________
> This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=FleJly6wyqr58rpmHngTr%2B%2Bo0tJ%2Bc1i1UjRHMjWbfjY%3D&reserved=0>,
> the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those
> of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS.
> The list archives are at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yzVpoaps7b9CFVYInibamBF4MPt0%2FDFcvY2JWfVCHWM%3D&reserved=0>
> and you can change your subscription options at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=faYTPvRCILc2F6OUybBLApHchrZ5TPznjYYLXtKw2w8%3D&reserved=0>
>
>
>
> --
> Lori Emerson | she/her/they/them
> Co-author of *THE LAB BOOK: Situated Practices in Media Studies
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upress.umn.edu%2Fbook-division%2Fbooks%2Fthe-lab-book&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=RMcqa6fDYt%2BY5yj3IFTrffwAfinLO4WKqOMMFDR7ZNU%3D&reserved=0>*,
> available April 2022
> Associate Professor of English and Intermedia Arts, Writing, and
> Performance
> Director | Intermedia Arts, Writing, and Performance Program
> Director | Media Archaeology Lab
> Traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations
> @loriemerson
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Floriemerson&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=68VTUFaq3YLOKWsKr%2B9N%2Fr%2FMKaQoL%2BmDJInY1u54nt0%3D&reserved=0>
>  | loriemerson.net
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Floriemerson.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=70xKN6fRZd%2FbS8NFzKFxI3QFfDXdAOwaujwvHHHhV4I%3D&reserved=0>
>  | mediaarchaeologylab.com
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediaarchaeologylab.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C7a909c28ad8f40a6279a08da0844229f%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637831386134176825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=SXW5ROK5eIdPPdcBotjsq4p6utSmuah57J2Q4Zd%2FXuM%3D&reserved=0>
> _______________________________________________
> This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion
> list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member
> posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list
> archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and
> you can change your subscription options at
> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/attachments/20220317/7c16efcb/attachment.htm>