I wonder if "former video game developer" Curt Schilling is still planning to run against Warren. Would Schilling and Ayyadurai face each other in a primary race? Joe Joseph November Associate Professor and McCausland Fellow Department of History University of South Carolina 223 Gambrell Hall Columbia, SC 29208 november@sc.edu ________________________________ From: Members [members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] on behalf of Sarah T. Roberts [sarah.roberts@ucla.edu] Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:26 PM To: Andrew Meade McGee Cc: members@sigcis.org Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Email "inventor" claimant to run for U.S. Senate -- alternative facts about technology and democracy collide - Carly Fiorina, folks. She just spoke at CPAC. - Meg Whitman, eBay. Lost CA gubernatorial election. Both Republicans. Both lost (obviously). Any chance we could discuss this Ayyadurai matter at the meeting next month? Guy's playing the long game, obviously. With thanks, Sarah --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com<http://illusionofvolition.com/> On Feb 25, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu<mailto:amm5ae@virginia.edu>> wrote: Thanks for this suggestion, Debbie. I will look into this Massie fellow with great interest -- it would be fascinating to see how a technology background would shape an incredibly retail politics level of campaigning like for the House. Thanks, Andrew -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Andrew Meade McGee Corcoran Department of History University of Virginia PO Box 400180 - Nau Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Deborah Douglas <ddouglas@mit.edu<mailto:ddouglas@mit.edu>> wrote: Depending on how liberal a definition of software industry one uses, another example is: Tom Massie, now a Representative from Kentucky, invented PHANTOM while at MIT (he won the Lemelson Student Prize for this) and founded SensAbleTechnologies. http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/thomas-massie http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/05/17/from-mit-entrepreneur-to-tea-party-... http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/meet-representative-thomas-massie-con... https://massie.house.gov/about Debbie Douglas On Feb 25, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu<mailto:amm5ae@virginia.edu>> wrote: As a follow up to Ayyadurai's candidacy -- have there been any previous instances of people who identify with the software industry running for major political office in the United states or internationally? --Andrew -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Andrew Meade McGee Corcoran Department of History University of Virginia PO Box 400180 - Nau Hall Charlottesville, VA 22904 On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu<mailto:amm5ae@virginia.edu>> wrote: Continuing with the ongoing saga of V. A. Shiva and his claims regarding the invention of e-mail, that gentleman has just announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/835420061993218048 As several SIGCIS contributors noted earlier this month, this nicely parallels the upcoming SHOT themes of technology and democracy. "Alternate facts" about the history of technology will play a major public element of this campaign next year. --Andrew _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://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 Deborah G. Douglas, Ph.D. • Director of Collections and Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum • Room N51-209 • 265 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 • ddouglas@mit.edu<mailto:ddouglas@mit.edu> • 617-253-1766<tel:(617)%20253-1766> telephone • 617-253-8994<tel:(617)%20253-8994> facsimile • http://web.mit.edu/museum • http://museum.mit.edu/150 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://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