Behind the scenes with the new History of Modern Computing
Hello SIGCIS, As some of you know, I am collaborating with Paul Ceruzzi to produce a new edition of his classic overview A History of Modern Computing. The new book will be fully updated and completely restructured and should appear with MIT Press in 2020. If want to know more about the approach we are taking, you might be interested my informal paper "Finding a Story for the History of Computing" in Siegen University's Media of Cooperation series. This can be found online at https://www001.zimt.uni-siegen.de/ojs/index.php/wps1187/article/view/20. It's like one of those "making of" featurettes that get included as bonus features on a DVD - discussing the objectives for the new edition, new structure, challenges, etc. Paul and I will both be at SHOT. If any of you have any comments or suggestions on our approach we would be happy to hear them. I'll also be looking for people to alpha test drafts of new chapters with their classes in the coming semester, as I know it is sometimes used as a textbook. Best wishes, Tom
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Thomas Haigh