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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just wanted to let everyone know that my column “We Have Never Been Digital” was published in the September issue of Communications of the ACM. This builds on some comments I made in commenting on a SIGCIS session at the 2013 SHOT meeting, basically that as historians of computing we understand what “digital” actually means and have something useful to say on the subject to other humanists. It also makes the case for “the digital” as something that has its own history, and that reflects the kind of utopian rupture talk that humanists have good reason to be wary of rather than build their own identities around. I know that many within the digital humanities community share these concerns, but in the space available could not really delve into that. Perhaps something SIGICS could organize an event to explore the relationship of the history of computing to the digital humanities in the future?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It can be read without an ACM subscription from<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.tomandmaria.com/tom/Writing/CACM-WeHaveNeverBeenDigital.pdf">http://www.tomandmaria.com/tom/Writing/CACM-WeHaveNeverBeenDigital.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or, if you do have ACM access, from <a href="http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/9/177930-we-have-never-been-digital/fulltext">http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/9/177930-we-have-never-been-digital/fulltext</a> (it’s not working right now, but will presumably be fixed).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of the intended features of this list is the announcement of new relevant publications by members, so please don’t assume that this is a perk available only to SIG officers. If you published something related to the history of IT in the last few months then do go ahead and let the community know. Many of your potential readers are right here on this list and may otherwise never come across your work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Tom<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>