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David C. Brock

David C. Brock

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…

Jan 29, 2020

Jan 29, 2020

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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

Apr 26, 2019

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

Apr 26, 2019

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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

Mar 25, 2019

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

Mar 25, 2019

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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…

Feb 20, 2019

Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe Thompson

Feb 20, 2019

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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.

Feb 1, 2018

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

Feb 1, 2018

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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.

Jan 18, 2018

The Shocking Truth Behind Arnold Nordsieck’s Differential Analyzer

Jan 18, 2018

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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

Jan 11, 2018

Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Computing History

Jan 11, 2018

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Someone Else’s Computer: The Prehistory of Cloud Computing

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

Nov 9, 2017

Someone Else’s Computer: The Prehistory of Cloud Computing

Nov 9, 2017

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Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to Supercomputers

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

Sep 14, 2017

Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to Supercomputers

Sep 14, 2017

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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.

Aug 16, 2017

An Early Door to Cyberspace: The Community Memory Terminal

Aug 16, 2017

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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