Hi Theodore A well-known piece, but it's worth listing all possible background: Christina Lindsay, “From the Shadows: Users as Designers, Producers, Marketers, Distributors, and Technical Support” in _How Users Matter. The Co-Construction of Users and Technologies_, ed. Nelly Oudshoorn and Trevor Pinch, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press 2003, 29-50. Looks at TRS-80 users. The theme of hobbyist users, and their developing role as software producers and mediators, is taken up by: Thomas Lean, "'The Making of the Micro': producers, mediators, users and the development of popular microcomputing in Britain (1980-1989)", PhD thesis: University of Manchester, UK, 2008. Includes material based on oral history work with computer club members. I also like: Francis Spufford, “Chapter 3: The Universe in a Bottle” in _Backroom Boys_, London: Faber 2003 -- this is a popular account, but gives a good impression of how easily the work of "bedroom coders" flowed into professional development during the boom years of the mid-80s. Hope this helps! Best James Theodore Lekkas wrote:
Hello, I am looking for references on the history of computer hobbyists, home computer user groups, home computer publications. Any suggestions from the members of the list would be most welcomed.
Theodore Lekkas Ph.D. Candidate University of Athens Greece
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