August 29, 2024 • #
Topic / computers
11 posts ⎈
Exapting Technologies
September 9, 2021 • #Embracing, reusing, and remixing existing technologies to build new ones.
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Intellectual Value
September 28, 2020 • #Esther Dyson's newsletter from 1994, on how intellectual property might work in the age of the internet.
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Hardy Boys and Microkids
March 17, 2020 • #A review of Tracy Kidder's 1981 book, 'The Soul of a New Machine'.
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On Building Systems That Will Fail
March 16, 2020 • #Fernando Corbato's 1990 talk about system complexity and the necessity for building in resilience.
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Why Alto?
March 9, 2020 • #Butler Lampson's memo to the Xerox leadership, requesting investment in the Alto computer.
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The UNIX System
March 5, 2020 • #Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, and Ken Thompson from Bell Labs on UNIX.
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The Rise and Fall of Minicomputers
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Weekend Reading: Figma's Typography, Xerox Alto, and a Timeline of CoVID
February 29, 2020 • #Figma's attention to typographic detail, restoring a Xerox Alto, and mapping the spread of CoVID-19.
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The Deal of the Century
February 14, 2020 • #A history of the deal that moved Apple to the IBM PowerPC platform.
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The Mother of All Demos
November 24, 2019 • #Doug Engelbart's famous demo.
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