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Jan 29, 2020

An Open Letter on Contemporary Medical Fraud: When Essential Services of an In-Network Hospital…

I’m now fifty-one years old, and so I followed everyone’s very sound medical advice and had a colonoscopy. I have a solid middle class job…

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Apr 26, 2019

Math Miracles for Missileers: The Aerospace Industry, Computer Programming, and the Rise of IBM

Robert W. “Bob” Bemer — who would become the IBM 650’s power user — carefully cut out the article and placed it into a scrapbook

Math Miracles for Missileers: The Aerospace Industry, Computer Programming, and the Rise of IBM

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Mar 25, 2019

If Discrimination, Then Branch: Ann Hardy’s Contributions to Computing

Ann Hardy’s contributions to computing were achieved through repeated, creative branching in the face of sexist discrimination

If Discrimination, Then Branch: Ann Hardy’s Contributions to Computing

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Feb 20, 2019

Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe Thompson

It was 1950, a date when a small number of humans had ever seen a computer and when unabashed racism & discrimination was endemic in…

Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe Thompson

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Feb 1, 2018

Slide Logic: The Emergence of Presentation Software and the Prehistory of PowerPoint

PowerPoint’s characteristics were not absolute novelties when it appeared. Such elements were introduced in earlier presentation software.

Slide Logic: The Emergence of Presentation Software and the Prehistory of PowerPoint

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Jan 18, 2018

The Shocking Truth Behind Arnold Nordsieck’s Differential Analyzer

“The plugging operation is unfortunately accompanied by an electric shock hazard (though hardly a dangerous one),” Nordsieck warned.

The Shocking Truth Behind Arnold Nordsieck’s Differential Analyzer

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Jan 11, 2018

Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Computing History

Programming Inequality: Dr. Marie Hicks in Conversation with the Museum’s Center for Software History Director David C. Brock

Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Computing History

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Nov 9, 2017

Someone Else’s Computer: The Prehistory of Cloud Computing

“There is no cloud,” goes the quip. “It’s just someone else’s computer.”

Someone Else’s Computer: The Prehistory of Cloud Computing

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Sep 14, 2017

Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to Supercomputers

The CDC 7600, released in 1969, featured blue-glass doors and walnut trim

Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to Supercomputers

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Aug 16, 2017

An Early Door to Cyberspace: The Community Memory Terminal

Users could exchange brief messages about a wide range of topics: apartment listings, music lessons, even where to find a decent bagel.

An Early Door to Cyberspace: The Community Memory Terminal

David C. Brock

David C. Brock

Director, Center for Software History, CHM//Co-author, “Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary.” https://goo.gl/VgTCjc

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