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<p>Thanks for these kinds words! I'm very much looking forward to
the upcoming CHM conference.</p>
<p>For anyone in the South Bay/Bay Area, and who has interest, I'll
be speaking tonight at Adobe for IMUG:</p>
<p><b>The China i18n Challenge: Western #Fails in Type, Typewriters,
& Computers</b><br>
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<p><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/IMUG-Silicon-Valley/events/226641322/">http://www.meetup.com/IMUG-Silicon-Valley/events/226641322/</a></p>
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<p>Ever since the mass manufacture of keyboard typewriters began in
the United States, companies like Remington and Underwood imagined
a day when this new device would conquer the Chinese language in
the same way it had practically every living script across the
world. It never did. </p>
<p>Ever since the invention and popularization of hot metal printing
in the United States and Europe, companies like Linotype and
Monotype dreamt of a day when their technologies would conquer the
Chinese language, just as they had Arabic, Armenian, Burmese,
Devanagari, Hebrew, Korean, and over one hundred other scripts.
They never did. </p>
<p>Ever since the advent of personal computing, companies like IBM
and others imagined a day when Chinese keyboards would behave
"just like ours," even including the familiar QWERTY keyboard.
They never did (even though QWERTY is now ubiquitous).</p>
<p>Drawing upon over a decade of research on modern Chinese
information technology, <a
href="https://history.stanford.edu/people/tom-mullaney">Tom
Mullaney of Stanford University</a> will reflect upon the vital
importance of history and culture in the process of technological
internationalization, particularly in China. </p>
<p>Dr. Mullaney is the author of two forthcoming books from MIT
Press, <i>The Chinese Typewriter: A Global History of the
Information Age, Part I</i>, to be published next year, followed
by <i>The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information
Age, Part II</i>. </p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/17/16 9:09 AM, David Golumbia
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<div dir="ltr">wow, really wish I could attend that!<br>
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Hicks <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu" target="_blank">mhicks1@iit.edu</a>></span>
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<div>And it's probably also worth re-pointing-out that Tom
will be one of our keynotes this year (along with Kavita
Philip) at the special meeting of SIGCIS being held in
March at the Computer History Museum.</div>
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<div>See here for more info: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meetings.sigcis.org/" target="_blank">http://meetings.sigcis.<wbr>org/</a></div>
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<div>Additional invited speakers include Safiya Noble
(UCLA), Mitali Thakor (Northwestern), and Sreela Sarkar
(Santa Clara U).</div>
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<div>If you'd like to present at the meeting proposals are
due Dec 30th.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Marie<br>
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style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Marie
Hicks, Ph.D.<br>
Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>
Illinois Institute of Technology<br>
Chicago, IL USA<br>
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href="http://twitter.com/histoftech"
target="_blank">@histoftech</a><br>
<i>Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded
Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in
Computing</i><br>
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target="_blank">www.programmedinequality.com</a><br>
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<div>I agree, and note that this builds on such as
this amazing essay that (I presume) previews his
forthcoming book on the topic, which goes into a
lot more detail than the Atlantic piece:<br>
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"The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists
Developed Predictive Text during the Height of
Maoism" <br>
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href="https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese-typists-developed-predictive-text-during-height-maoism"
target="_blank">https://history.stanford.edu/<wbr>publications/moveable-<wbr>typewriter-how-chinese-<wbr>typists-developed-predictive-<wbr>text-during-height-maoism</a><br>
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David<br>
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10:46 AM, M. Hicks <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Way to go, Tom!</div>
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<div
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for sharing, Sarah.</div>
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<div
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<div
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Marie
Hicks, Ph.D.<br>
Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>
Illinois Institute of Technology<br>
Chicago, IL USA<br>
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href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu"
target="_blank">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | <a
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target="_blank">mariehicks.n<wbr>et</a> | <a
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href="http://twitter.com/histoftech"
target="_blank">@histoftech</a><br>
<i>Programmed Inequality: How Britain
Discarded Women Technologists and
Lost Its Edge in Computing</i><br>
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href="http://www.programmedinequality.com/"
target="_blank">www.programmedinequality.com</a><br>
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<div>Of potential interest to many. I
always appreciate work that
decenters the myth of Western
(American, typically) primacy in
tech. </div>
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href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/504851/"
target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/tec<wbr>hnology/archive/2016/11/chines<wbr>e-computers/504851/</a></div>
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University of California, Los
Angeles<br>
Department of Information Studies<br>
Graduate School of Education &
Information Studies<br>
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