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Defining American Greatness: IBM from Watson to Trump (CACM)
by Thomas Haigh 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

Hello SIGCIS, Hope everyone is having a pleasant holiday. I just wanted to let you all know that my short article "Defining American Greatness: IBM from Watson to Trump" just appeared in the Jan 2018 issue of Communications of the ACM. ACM agreed to make this one open access, in hopes of reaching a broader audience: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/1/223891-defining-american-greatness/ful ltext. Thanks to Jim Cortada for comments, and to Bill Aspray who has recently stepped down from many years of editorial work helping to shepherd historical material into Communications. The argument is that IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr. and Donald Trump have a surprising amount in common, including an obsession with "greatness," but that the ways in which they differ tell us a lot about how America, and global capitalism, have changed over the past century. This seemed like a chance to make IBM's long history seem more relevant, and, when the parallels become more explicit in the conclusion, to approach Trumpism from a relatively novel direction. Also, it finishes with Leonard Cohen, which may be another first for CACM. Hopefully the computer scientists are not going to complain. There is a SIGCIS connection: the piece is deeply informed by a pair of panels on IBM I organized via the SIGCIS list for the Business History Conference a few years ago (Frankfurt meeting). The argument that IBM had been a "model corporation" in different eras comes from the talk I developed for that panel. This argument is combined here with details from my ongoing work with Petri Paju on the history of IBM in Europe (our article "IBM's Tiny Peripheral: Finland and the Tensions of Transnationality" should be out early next year in Business History Review). Best wishes, Tom

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Year-end drive: please donate to SIGCIS!
by Andrew Russell 27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17

Dear colleagues - We’ve had a strong fundraising year for SIGCIS so far, and we would like to finish 2017 on a high note. Please consider a year-end donation to SIGCIS, so that we can continue to support graduate student travel to SIGCIS meetings <http://www.sigcis.org/travelaward> (follow the link for a list of previous awardees). There are two ways you can donate: 1. Online. If you are a SHOT member you can use the online form at https://shot.press.jhu.edu/membership/contribute <https://shot.press.jhu.edu/membership/contribute> to donate directly to SIGCIS. The website has instructions for accessing your login information if you don’t have it on hand. 2. By mail. If you are not a SHOT member, the only way to donate to SIGCIS at the moment is by check/mail. To do so, please send a check to Richard Hirsh, SHOT Treasurer's Office, 3009 Stradford Ln., Blacksburg, VA 24060. The check should be made out to “Society for the History of Technology,” and have “SIGCIS” on the memo line. Since I’m writing, I’d like to give a quick update on SIGCIS’s financial health and activities for the past year. Community donations in the past have built a solid foundation for the Mahoney Fund <http://www.sigcis.org/mahoney>, which supports the Michael S. Mahoney Graduate Student Travel Awards as well as an endowment for the Mahoney Prize <http://www.sigcis.org/mahoneyprize>, an annual award for the best article in the history of computing. SIGCIS also has a permanent endowment for the Computer History Museum Prize <http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize>, thanks to the generosity of the estate of Paul Baran. Our continued need, however, is for funds to support graduate travel to our meetings. We raised nearly $2000 at SIGCIS events at the SHOT annual meeting (our book auction and pass-the-hat fundraiser), but if we raise more money then we can support more graduate students—simple as that. SIGCIS also had an extraordinarily rich and productive year from intellectual and organizational standpoints. For the first time we held a meeting detached from the SHOT annual meeting—the Command Lines <http://meetings.sigcis.org/uploads/6/3/6/8/6368912/command_lines_program.pdf> conference generously hosted & sponsored by the Computer History Museum in March 2017. In October 2017 we held another conference—Mix, Model, Measure <http://meetings.sigcis.org/>—on the Sunday at the end of the SHOT annual meeting. Taken together, the two meetings had over 100 papers, with a majority presented by graduate students and first-time SIGCIS participants. This fact alone indicates that SIGCIS is succeeding with our efforts to broaden and diversify the base of scholars and subjects discussed under SIGCIS's expansive umbrella. To make our commitment to diversity and openness explicit, the SIGCIS Exec approved a Statement of Community Values <http://www.sigcis.org/about_values>, updated the Acceptable Use Policy <http://www.sigcis.org/?q=node/14> for our email list, adopted an inclusivity and anti-harassment statement for our conference programs, and worked with our host institutions to provide gender-neutral restrooms for the participants at all of our meetings. The key to the continued vitality of SIGCIS is continual renewal: new ideas, new voices, and new perspectives on the history of computing and information technology. This is where your support plays a crucial role, so that we can help pay the travel and lodging costs for the extremely talented graduate students who keep coming to SIGCIS in record numbers. On that note: mark your calendars for October 10-14, 2018, which is when SHOT will meet in St. Louis and SIGCIS will host its 10th Sunday meeting on October 14th. Please donate! And, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you’d like more information or have any questions about SIGCIS. Many thanks, Andy Russell SIGCIS Chair — — — — — — — — — — — Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts & Sciences SUNY Polytechnic Institute Donovan Hall - 2123B 100 Seymour Road Utica, NY 13502 t. 315-792-7317 w. https://sunypoly.edu/ <https://sunypoly.edu/> e. arussell(a)arussell.org <mailto:arussell@arussell.org>

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NYCDH Week 2018
by Kimon Keramidas 22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

Dear Colleagues, NYCDH <http://nycdh.org/> is happy to announce the 3rd Annual NYCDH Week, February 5-9, 2018 <http://dhweek.nycdh.org/>. Taking place at institutions throughout New York City, NYCDH Week gives individuals across the region who are interested in digital humanities an opportunity to learn new techniques and skills, meet new people, and become re-acquainted with the community . Volunteer to teach a workshop at NYC DH Week! Graduate students, librarians, faculty, museum workers, independent scholars, tech companies and others are welcome to become part of our programming. To sign up to teach a workshop please use this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDK247j9T-ilQpnuMiHBZRxaotCwFRDRl…>. NYCDH Week's series of wide-ranging workshops are open to everyone. They are FREE and offered across the city. Workshops are made possible by members of the NYCDH community who are willing to offer their time to teach and help organize each session. Registration to attend a workshop will be opened soon! Join us for the Kickoff Day! Following last year’s highly successful event, NYCDH Week 2018 begins on February 5 with a kickoff gathering at Lincoln Center Campus (113 W. 60th St., 12th Floor). Our theme this year is DH in the Moment: Reaction, Response, Relevance. The day-long event features speakers, round tables, lightning talks and networking sessions. The rest of the week will consist of a diverse selection of free workshops hosted at a wide range of institutions across the city, including: Bard Graduate Center, Columbia University, CUNY Graduate Center, Fordham University, New York Public Library, NYU, Pratt Institute, and The Frick Collection. Last year NYCDH Week included 37 workshops with more than 500 registrants. For a list of the those workshops, see the DH Week website <http://dhweek.nycdh.org/workshops-2018/>. For more information, please contact me at kimon.keramidas(a)nyu.edu <mailto:kimon.keramidas@nyu.edu>. We hope to see you there! Cheers Kimon Kimon Keramidas, Ph.D. Associate Director and Clinical Assistant Professor The Center for Experimental Humanities <http://as.nyu.edu/ceh.html> New York University 14 University Place New York, NY 10003 P 212-998-3691 T @kimonizer W http://kimonkeramidas.com <http://kimonkeramidas.com/> The Interface Experience: Forty Years of Personal Computing Exhibition <https://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/exhibitions/10/the-interface-experience> The Interface Experience: A User’s Guide Winner of the 2016 Innovation in Print Design Award from the American Alliance of Museums Buy Book <http://store.bgc.bard.edu/the-interface-experience-a-users-guide-by-kimon-k…>

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New CBI Newsletter (Fall 2017, Vol. 39:2)
by Charles Babbage Institute 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

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CfP: Governance in the History of Computing
by Gerardo Con Diaz 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

The *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing *invites submissions for a special issue titled “*Governance in the History of Computing*.” Edited by Gerardo Con Diaz (University of California, Davis), this special issue will showcase how formal and informal forms of governance (from law and policy to self-policing) have shaped the history of computing broadly conceived. In recent years, scholars have developed a keen interest on the historical relationships between information technology and governance. Their work is revealing that computing and telecommunications technologies have been inseparable from the web of formal and informal forms of governance in which they are embedded. In the process they are showing how the study of law, policy, and regulation can shed new light on every major theme in the history of computing—from the design and commercialization of specific technologies, to the politics of their usage, representation, and disposal. This special issue aims to bring these scholars together. We welcome papers that draw from the history of computing and its allied fields, including STS, media studies, environmental studies, business history, and gender and sexuality studies, to name a few. Papers addressing any time period from the early nineteenth century to recent past are welcome, as are those with any geographical focus. Some topics of interest include: · Computing, free speech, privacy, and censorship · Criminal activity, due process, and punishment · Corporate governance and industry standards · Gender and race politics of IT governance · Computing and environmental policy · Internet standards and regulation · Ownership rights and piracy · Influential court opinions at the local, national, or international level If you are interested, please submit an abstract (250 words) to Gerardo Con Diaz (Condiaz(a)ucdavis.edu) by *January 26, 2018. *Accepted papers will be due for peer review in the summer of 2018. You may also contact him with any questions, or to discuss potential topics. -- *Gerardo Con Diaz* Assistant Professor Science and Technology Studies University of California, Davis www.condiaz.com

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Second CFP: Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming
by Tomas Petricek 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

Dear all, Following an earlier announcement, I would like to invite everyone one more time to consider submitting a 2-page extended abstract to an upcoming Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming. The symposium aims to bring together historians, philosophers, computer scientists and practitioners to discuss programming from a broader perspective. It will take place on 23 March 2018 in Oxford and the submission deadline is 1 January 2018. For more information and a full CFP, please see: https://www.shift-society.org/hapop4/ Below, you will find the brief outline as well as the programme committee, important dates and the submission link. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fourth Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming In a society where computers have become ubiquitous, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the nature of computer programs, not just from the technical viewpoint, but from a broader historical and philosophical perspective. A historical awareness of the evolution of programming not only helps to clarify the complex structure of computing, but it also provides an insight in what programming was, is and could be in the future. Philosophy, on the other hand, helps to tackle fundamental questions about the nature of programs, programming languages and programming as a discipline. HaPoP 2018 is the fourth edition of the Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, organised by HaPoC, Commission on the History and Philosophy of Computing. As in the previous editions, we are convinced that an interdisciplinary approach is necessary for understanding programming with its multifaceted nature. As such, we welcome participation by researchers and practitioners coming from a diversity of backgrounds, including historians, philosophers, computer scientists and professional software developers. In addition to submissions in a wide range of areas traditional for HaPoP (outlined below), we especially welcome submissions that explore the nature of scientific progress with respect to computer programming as a discipline. We are interested in investigations concerning the methodology of computer programming, whether it follows a form of scientific method that allows it to increase its problem solving ability, whether its development more is akin to science, engineering or rather art, and what examples from the history of programming can be provided to support either argument. Programme committee Nicola Angius, Università di Sassari Alan Blackwell, University of Cambridge Edgar Daylight, University of Leuven Jeremy Gibbons, University of Oxford Ursula Martin (co-chair), University of Oxford Liesbeth De Mol, Université de Lille Tomas Petricek (co-chair), The Alan Turing Institue Mark Priestley, Independent Researcher Giuseppe Primiero, Middlesex University London Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico Milano Important dates and links Submission deadline: 1 January 2018 Author notification: 2 February 2018 HaPoP symposium: 23 March 2018 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapop4 HAPOC Grants: http://www.hapoc.org/node/251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions regarding suitability of a topic, format of the extended abstract, or anything else, please contact me at mailto:tomas@tomasp.net. Thanks, Tomas Petricek

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fellowship of interest
by Jonathan Coopersmith 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <citams-request(a)list.citams.org> Date: Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:36 PM Subject: CITAMS Digest, Vol 114, Issue 2 To: citams(a)list.citams.org Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:35:55 -0500 From: danah boyd <danah-asa(a)danah.org> To: "citasa(a)list.citasa.org" <citams(a)list.citams.org> Subject: [CITAMS] Data & Society Call for 2018-2019 Fellows Message-ID: <BB57ADD4-8FB2-4847-B704-ECB1BE5B3A3F(a)danah.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Data & Society Call for 2018-2019 Fellows https://datasociety.net/initiatives/fellows-program/ < https://datasociety.net/initiatives/fellows-program/> We are now accepting applications for our 2018-19 fellows class. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2018. Please direct inquiries about the fellows program or application process to fellowsapp(a)datasociety.net <mailto:fellowsapp@datasociety.net> . Questions will not reflect negatively on your application. Don?t hesitate to get in touch! *Program* Data & Society is assembling its fifth class of fellows to join us from September 1, 2018. (Please meet our current and past fellows classes at https://datasociety.net/people/fellows/ <https://datasociety.net/ people/fellows/> .) Data & Society works towards a future in which the values that shape technology are visible and intentionally chosen with respect for human dignity. We conduct interdisciplinary research and build a field of actors to ensure that knowledge guides development and governance of technology. Our annual fellows program helps ensure that new connections and perspectives deepen and expand our community?s understanding of the challenges and opportunities society faces in a data-centric world. Data & Society fellows have pursued academic research, written code, created art, brought together communities of activists and practice, run workshops, worked closely with Data & Society?s in-house research team and each other, and much more. Current and past fellows are academics and researchers, artists and activists, coders and technologists, journalists, lawyers, and community organizers concerned with the implications of data-centric technology?s role in reconfiguring society. We are engaged, individually and together, in interrogating and articulating those implications and developing frames that can help society address emergent tensions. The fellowship is intentionally broad and inclusive of a range of output and engagement. As we build the 2018-19 class, we?re continuing to embrace breadth and diversity, but we are providing some categories to help better guide applicants and to ensure fellows are supported within Data & Society?s programs and productively connected to others in the Data & Society community. *2018-19 Fellowships* For the coming year, we are seeking 8-10 fellows across four categories: 1) Arts and Culture: Artistic and cultural production can advance public understanding of the complexities of data-centric technologies and can drive individual and collective imagining of multiple futures. We are looking for arts and culture fellows who will connect to Data & Society research topics and whose work challenges commonplace narratives running through debate and public discourse around technology. 2) Organizational Bridging: Fellows from other organizations, companies, or public sector entities who are grappling directly with questions around data-centric technologies and automation bring a crucial, practical frame to Data & Society?s work. Bridge fellows will come with a mandate from their organization to explore a particular question or issue during their time at Data & Society and to bring that knowledge back to their home institution. With the fellow, we will actively seek to build a strong relationship over the course of the fellowship between Data & Society and the fellow?s home institution. We?re especially interested in applicants who play a legal or policy role in their home institution. 3) Computer and Data Science: Technical fellows at Data & Society bring a core research question to their time within the organization; they are also looking to explore the social, cultural and political implications of technological choices. Technical fellows may come from academia, industry, civil society, or the public sector. We expect technical fellows will have an advanced degree in computer or data science or equivalent, relevant experience. 4) Faculty Fellows: We are seeking faculty fellows whose Data & Society fellowship project will contribute to an existing, in-house research initiative. In this category, we invite applications from faculty of any rank who are at least three years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. by the start of the fellowship. Eligible fields include the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, political economy, science and technology studies, history, etc.); law, jurisprudence, or policy; business; or a social science or humanistic field as long as the applicant?s work engages the social and cultural implications of data-centric technologies and automation. *Participation & Cohort* While we are prioritizing four kinds of fellows for the 2018-19 year, the core intent of the program has not changed: This is not a fellowship for those who want to spend a year head-down on an independent project. Rather, this is a program for people who are looking for ways to create impact both within and beyond their field, who can see the value of their work within an interdisciplinary community ? and on a bigger stage. Fellows commit to being in residence at the D&S loft in New York City for two days each week. Each fellow, over the course of their fellowship, will pursue a project or set of activities of their own design. Fellows are also asked to engage with D&S ? both at the organizational level and with the broader community. This engagement can take a number of different forms, from organizing small group sessions with visitors, to developing workshops, to working on in-house publications, and much, much more. We ask that all fellows either participate in or lead a monthly reading group, as well as participate in a lightweight round of regular D&S activities designed to strengthen community and research connections. Beyond that, the choice of where and how to participate is part of the fellowship design process between the fellow and D&S staff. Together with our in-house research team and postdocs, fellows form the annual Data & Society cohort ? a group of approximately 45 colleagues who come together as the core of Data & Society?s research and field-building efforts. Beyond the in-house cohort, Data & Society fellows are also connected to past fellows, our affiliates, and a broad field of actors both in New York City and beyond who regularly pass through D&S for workshops, seminars, social gatherings, and talks. *Projects & Themes* Potential fellows are invited to imagine a specific project or set of activities, in one of the four categories above, that they will execute to help society?s understanding of a world permeated by data. Successful fellowship projects inform, convene, intervene, or provoke ? with an eye to broader impact. We are open to a wide range of potential outputs, from papers and op-eds to events, code, and art installations. We are also interested in creating connections and exchange between our in-house research and fellows? projects. We also love it when our fellows experiment with new ideas or stretch our work and network in unexpected directions. We expect that the themes that run through our 2018-19 fellows class will be a combination of the familiar and the unexpected. Some of Data & Society?s ongoing, in-house research topics include: artificial intelligence; precision medicine and heath; media manipulation and disinformation; the future of labor; human rights, data, and refugee populations; and fairness, accountability, and transparency in technical systems. Again, we welcome applications that pose entirely new questions and topics and push D&S in new directions, as well as applications that complement and expand our current research themes. *Term* Residency typically runs from September 1 through June 30 of the following year. If you would like to apply for a fellowship but cannot commit to a full term, please flag that in your application, as we may be able to accommodate some variations. *Funding* Fellows commit to two days a week in residence for the full term and are offered a stipend of $25,000, with additional, approved project costs available to them. If we are able to accommodate a fellowship period shorter than ten months, the stipend will be pro-rated on a monthly basis. All fellows will have access to desks/workspaces, meeting rooms, email addresses, etc., and programmatic and organizational support to advance their work. As a 501(c)(3) organization, we support fellows in applying for both federal and philanthropic grants, and we work with fellows currently holding grants to craft an appropriate fellowship that allows them to honor commitments to grantors. While we welcome applications from outside the United States, we are currently unable to support the acquisition of visas. If you are applying from outside the United States and are accepted, you will need to secure your own visa and, depending on your situation, work permit. *Application Process* To apply for a Data & Society fellowship, we?ll ask you to complete an application at Submittable. You?ll be submitting information about yourself and your work to date, including: - cover letter; - resume or CV; - work samples; - project summary and brief (1000 word) proposal; - names and email addresses of three references. Note that references will automatically receive an email from Submittable, the application platform, prompting them to submit a letter of reference to Data & Society. Please make sure your references whitelist submittable.com. *First-round applications are due January 15, 2018.* Second-round applicants will be contacted for an interview with D&S staff, fellows, and/or advisors, and may be asked for additional information such as project budgets as they move through the review process. Successful applicants will be notified in the spring, with a public announcement to follow. If you are interested in applying to be a Data & Society fellow, please complete the application form at http://datasociety.submittable.com < http://datasociety.submittable.com/> by *January 15, 2018*. To view this call for fellows online, as well as an FAQ, visit https://datasociety.net/initiatives/fellows-program/ < https://datasociety.net/initiatives/fellows-program/> The work and well-being of Data & Society is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities. ###

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Summer Opportunity with Center for Software History
by David C. Brock 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Dear All, For your consideration or forwarding on to someone who may be interested. All the best, David +++++ Summer Research Associate Center for Software History, Computer History Museum The Computer History Museum’s Center for Software History is currently seeking an advanced undergraduate or graduate student for a remote-work, bring-your-own-equipment, summer research associate position. The summer research associate will be paid $2,800 for 112 hours of work this summer as an independent contractor. The main effort for the associate will be editing for fidelity a set of verbatim transcripts of oral history interviews in the history of software. The work will involve listening to the audio, or watching the video, of the oral history interviews while reviewing the associated transcript for accuracy, and doing appropriate research required to correctly identify proper nouns, technical terms, acronyms, place names, and the like. If the set of transcriptions is completed, the associate will be directed to other oral-history connected editing, research, and writing tasks, such as reviewing completed oral histories for interpretive extracts of various sorts. We are looking for someone excited by the prospect of being immersed in interviews on the history of software for the summer with the required patience and attention to detail. The summer research associate will conduct their work off-site at their own location, and will coordinate their work with the Center’s Director by email, on-line video conferencing, or telephone. There are no set work-hours or days, but the summer research associate is expected to be generally available to respond to email within 24-hours, Mondays through Fridays. The summer research assistant must provide their own computing and communication resources, including academic library access, audio and video recording playback software (e.g. VLC), and word processing software that is fully compatible with Microsoft Word tracked-changes functions, and a Dropbox account for digital file exchange. The summer research associate will be paid $1,400 when 56-hours of work have been completed and the remaining $1,400 when the full 112-hours of work have been completed. Note that as an independent contractor, it is the sole responsibility of the summer research associate to report compensation received and make the requisite federal, state or local tax filings. Payments from the Computer History Museum will be reported to the IRS using Form 1099. Interested candidates should send a one-page CV, including email addresses for two references, to David C. Brock, Director, Center for Software History, dbrock(a)computerhistory.org by December 31st, 2017. .............. David C. Brock Director Center for Software History [http://www.computerhistory.org/softwarehistory/] Computer History Museum [http://www.computerhistory.org/] Email: dbrock(a)computerhistory.org Twitter: @dcbrock Skype: dcbrock 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94943 (650) 810-1010 main (650) 810-1886 direct Follow Us: @CHM Blog [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/computerhistory] Twitter [https://twitter.com/ComputerHistory] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/computerhistory/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory] Make Software, Change the World! Now Open. [http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/makesoftware/]

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The Shocking Truth Behind Arnold Nordsieck’s Differential Analyzer
by Brian Berg 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

An *IEEE Spectrum* story from David Brock: The Shocking Truth Behind Arnold Nordsieck’s Differential Analyzer <https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-shocking-tru…>To program this electromechanical computer, you plugged in the cords in specific patterns—and with extreme caution _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg(a)StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents visit the Storage Cornucopia: www.bswd.com FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com IEEE Milestone <http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones> Coordinator for Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/> Chair

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December 6th, 2017/7PM Pacific/CHM Live with Marie Hicks
by David C. Brock 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Dear All: At 7PM Pacific on December 6th, I will be interviewing Marie Hicks about her book “Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost its Edge in Computing” at the Computer History Museum for a CHM Live event. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#programmed-inequality There will be a live stream of the event on Facebook.com/computerhistory If list members could circulate this event announcement in their communities, it would be helpful in making our scholar-focused events successful. Thanks for your time and consideration, David .............. David C. Brock Director Center for Software History [http://www.computerhistory.org/softwarehistory/] Computer History Museum [http://www.computerhistory.org/] Email: dbrock(a)computerhistory.org Twitter: @dcbrock Skype: dcbrock 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94943 (650) 810-1010 main (650) 810-1886 direct Follow Us: @CHM Blog [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/computerhistory] Twitter [https://twitter.com/ComputerHistory] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/computerhistory/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory] Make Software, Change the World! Now Open. [http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/makesoftware/]

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