I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim [image: 0-1.jpg] -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota jcortada@umn.edu 608-274-6382
Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival. Best, Barbara Barbara Walker Associate Professor Department of History/308 University of Nevada, Reno Reno NV 89557 Office phone: 775-784-4303 Website: https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu> Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM To: sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim [0-1.jpg] -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota jcortada@umn.edu<mailto:jcortada@umn.edu> 608-274-6382
I too am delighted by this publication. I've had numerous conversations with some of the former Sindelfingen team and they were quite proud of Germany's contributions to computing. I'm quite interested to read about your research regarding the early era of IBM's precursors. -- Ian On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM Barbara B Walker <bbwalker@unr.edu> wrote:
Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival.
Best, Barbara
Barbara Walker
Associate Professor
Department of History/308
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557
Office phone: 775-784-4303
Website: https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker
*From: *Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu> *Date: *Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM *To: *sigcis <members@sigcis.org> *Subject: *[SIGCIS-Members] IBM History
I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim
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Congratulations, Jim, for this mighty work ! We are eager to read it. I happen to participate today in a meeting about the history of computing in Nancy. This local saga started with a visit of Norbert Wiener in 1947 and the arrival of an IBM 604 a few years later. I presented an early ad for this machine (attached), stressing that it simply said "Electronic Calculator" for an obvious reason: There was no other on the market. Best, Pierre Pierre Mounier-Kuhn CNRS & Sorbonne Université https://cnrs.academia.edu/PierreMounierKuhn De: "Ian S. King" <isking@uw.edu> À: "Barbara B Walker" <bbwalker@unr.edu> Cc: "members" <members@sigcis.org> Envoyé: Mardi 15 Janvier 2019 00:34:05 Objet: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History I too am delighted by this publication. I've had numerous conversations with some of the former Sindelfingen team and they were quite proud of Germany's contributions to computing. I'm quite interested to read about your research regarding the early era of IBM's precursors. -- Ian On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM Barbara B Walker < [ mailto:bbwalker@unr.edu | bbwalker@unr.edu ] > wrote: Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival. Best, Barbara Barbara Walker Associate Professor Department of History/308 University of Nevada, Reno Reno NV 89557 Office phone: 775-784-4303 Website: [ https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker | https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker ] From: Members < [ mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org | members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org ] > on behalf of James Cortada < [ mailto:jcortada@umn.edu | jcortada@umn.edu ] > Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM To: sigcis < [ mailto:members@sigcis.org | members@sigcis.org ] > Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0 | Mitpress.mit.edu ] . I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota [ mailto:jcortada@umn.edu | jcortada@umn.edu ] 608-274-6382 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at [ http://sigcis.org/ | 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/ | 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 | http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org ] -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate [ http://ischool.uw.edu/ | The Information School ] Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, " Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 Archivist, [ http://tribunalvoices.org/ | Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal ] [ http://vsdesign.org/ | Value Sensitive Design Research Lab ] University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China." _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at 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
Congratulations, Jim! I look forward to it. And thanks for the cool ad, Pierre! JoAnne From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Pierre Mounier-Kuhn Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:49 AM To: James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu>; members <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History Congratulations, Jim, for this mighty work ! We are eager to read it. I happen to participate today in a meeting about the history of computing in Nancy. This local saga started with a visit of Norbert Wiener in 1947 and the arrival of an IBM 604 a few years later. I presented an early ad for this machine (attached), stressing that it simply said "Electronic Calculator" for an obvious reason: There was no other on the market. Best, Pierre Pierre Mounier-Kuhn CNRS & Sorbonne Université https://cnrs.academia.edu/PierreMounierKuhn [cid:image001.jpg@01D4ACBD.52C9A490] ________________________________ De: "Ian S. King" <isking@uw.edu<mailto:isking@uw.edu>> À: "Barbara B Walker" <bbwalker@unr.edu<mailto:bbwalker@unr.edu>> Cc: "members" <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Envoyé: Mardi 15 Janvier 2019 00:34:05 Objet: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History I too am delighted by this publication. I've had numerous conversations with some of the former Sindelfingen team and they were quite proud of Germany's contributions to computing. I'm quite interested to read about your research regarding the early era of IBM's precursors. -- Ian On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM Barbara B Walker <bbwalker@unr.edu<mailto:bbwalker@unr.edu>> wrote: Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival. Best, Barbara Barbara Walker Associate Professor Department of History/308 University of Nevada, Reno Reno NV 89557 Office phone: 775-784-4303 Website: https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu<mailto:jcortada@umn.edu>> Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM To: sigcis <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota jcortada@umn.edu<mailto:jcortada@umn.edu> 608-274-6382 _______________________________________________ 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 -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School<http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal<http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab<http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China." _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at 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
Congratulations Jim--from Germany too! I look forward, especially because I am just dealing with the story of the first usage of IBM computers in German astronomy and other sciences, and have already ordered the book for our library. Ulf -------------------- PD Dr. Ulf Hashagen Leitung / Head Forschungsinstitut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte / The Research Institute for the History of Science and Technology Deutsches Museum Museumsinsel 1 80538 München / Munich Germany Tel. +49/(0)89/2179-453 Fax +49/(0)89/2179-239 Email: u.hashagen@deutsches-museum.de http://www.deutsches-museum.de/forschung/wissenschaftl-mitarbeiter/pd-dr-ulf... Am 15.01.2019 um 16:30 schrieb JoAnne Yates:
Congratulations, Jim! I look forward to it. And thanks for the cool ad, Pierre!
JoAnne
<https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker>
*From: *Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org <mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu <mailto:jcortada@umn.edu>> *Date: *Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM *To: *sigcis <members@sigcis.org <mailto:members@sigcis.org>> *Subject: *[SIGCIS-Members] IBM History
I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim
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James W. Cortada
Senior Research Fellow
Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
jcortada@umn.edu <mailto:jcortada@umn.edu>
608-274-6382
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Jim, that’s great! Congratulations! It is wonderful to see all the way from a request for sources to a full book. That must have been a lot of work. I’m looking forward to read it. I also talked to the guys from Sindelfingen and I’m sure they’re also happy to hear that a book on their lifetime employer will be published soon. Best Martin Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter | Doktorand | digital enthusiast LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR ZEITHISTORISCHE FORSCHUNG | POTSDAM Mail: schmitt@zzf-potsdam.de <mailto:schmitt@zzf-pdm.de> Tel: +49 331 - 74510-119 http://www.zzf-pdm.de/site/991/Default.aspx BLOG - www.computerisierung.com Vice Chair of IFIP WG 9.7 „History of computing" Zuletzt erschienen: Martin Schmitt - Internet im Kalten Krieg. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-3681-9/internet-im-kalten-krieg/
Am 14.01.2019 um 17:00 schrieb James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu>:
I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from Mitpress.mit.edu <http://mitpress.mit.edu/>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim
<0-1.jpg> -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota jcortada@umn.edu <mailto:jcortada@umn.edu> 608-274-6382 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at 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
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