Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Yesterday, I got one of the best and most memorable birthday presents of my life -- a trip to the legendary Bletchley Park, site of the British WWII codebreaking effort, where Turing and co invented modern computer science and cryptography. The site is just as I'd imagined it -- a rotting, lovely old mansion surrounded by modest, slope-shouldered sheds with a variety of exhibits staffed by knowledgeable,...
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Posted by Dave Merten Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer in 1976, sits down at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, California and explains “how it began.”
Biomes Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
I know some people really don't care for blogs with embedded videos. Sorry if you're one...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Monday, August 11, 2008, 2 – 5 pm, in the Boole Room at Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Silicon Hill Ventures
Informal Learning Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Yesterday I attended the Future of Media Summit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Host Ross Dawson walked us through his Future of Media Report: check out the Future of Media Lifecycle and the Seven Driving Forces Shaping Media. Many of the panel sessions involved people in both Sydney and Mountain View. Several times, [...]
Internet Time Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
My table of five here at the Future of Media Summit at the Computer History Museum analyzed Yahoo! to try out Future Exploration Network’s Strategy Tools. We looked at Yahoo! past, present, and future along the dimensions of connecivity, interfaces, relationships, services, content, and standards. Yahoo! began as a recommender of links and became a portal [...]
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Todays tweens and teens may not remember life before the Jonas Brothers, power windows, or texting, but that's no reason to hate. At Ypulse's National Mashup learn to harness your own mortifying... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Social Media (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Two years ago I wrote about attending an interesting new cross-borders conversation about media trends called the Future of Media Summit. Held along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, it featured Craig Newmark of craiglist, Chris Anderson talking about his new book The Long Tail, and a number of speakers in Sydney hooked up by an iffy videoconferencing connection. A couple of months ago in San Francisco...
ephemera (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The Computer History Museum's (CHM) announced the appointment of John C. Hollar as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He will lead the Museum through its next phase of growth, including the launch of the major "Timeline of Computing History"...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Computer History Museum on Tuesday named John C. Hollar president and chief executive. (PSO) (GOOG)
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Computer History Museum's (CHM) Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of John C. Hollar as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Computer History Museum's (CHM) Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of John C. Hollar as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He will lead the Museum through its next phase of growth, including the launch of the major "Timeline of Computing History" exhibit scheduled to open in late 2009. Hollar will direct the strategy, fundraising and ongoing...
Autopia (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
*I wonder why I'm hearing about this through a press release in Montenegro. Because I'm in Croatia right now? No! Can't be! It's because almighty steampunk girdles the earth! *Besides, in Montenegro they still have big clanking pockets of no-kidding...
Open Culture (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Smart video collections keep appearing on YouTube. But rather antithetical to the ethos of its parent company (Google), YouTube unfortunately makes these collections difficult to find. So we’ve decided to do the job for them. These enriching/educational videos come from media outlets, cultural institutions, universities and non-profits. There are about 70 collections in total, and [...]
Portals and KM (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The third annual Future of Media Summit 200 8 will link events on both sides of the Pacific to create insights into the future of media. Speakers include thought leaders such as Mark Scott, Managing Director of ABC, Loic Le Meur, CEO of leading firm Seesmic, Mark Dorney, CEO of Macquarie Media Group, Chris Saad, Chair of DataPortability.org, Ross Dawson, Chairman, Future Exploration Network, and many...
