David C. BrockAn 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, 20201Jan 29, 20201
David C. BrockinCore+Math Miracles for Missileers: The Aerospace Industry, Computer Programming, and the Rise of IBMRobert W. “Bob” Bemer — who would become the IBM 650’s power user — carefully cut out the article and placed it into a scrapbookApr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
David C. BrockinCore+If Discrimination, Then Branch: Ann Hardy’s Contributions to ComputingAnn Hardy’s contributions to computing were achieved through repeated, creative branching in the face of sexist discriminationMar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
David C. BrockinCore+Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe ThompsonIt 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, 2019Feb 20, 2019
David C. BrockinCore+Slide Logic: The Emergence of Presentation Software and the Prehistory of PowerPointPowerPoint’s characteristics were not absolute novelties when it appeared. Such elements were introduced in earlier presentation software.Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
David C. BrockinCore+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, 2018Jan 18, 2018
David C. BrockinCore+Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Computing HistoryProgramming Inequality: Dr. Marie Hicks in Conversation with the Museum’s Center for Software History Director David C. BrockJan 11, 2018Jan 11, 2018
David C. BrockinCore+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, 2017Nov 9, 2017
David C. BrockinCore+Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to SupercomputersThe CDC 7600, released in 1969, featured blue-glass doors and walnut trimSep 14, 2017Sep 14, 2017
David C. BrockinCore+An Early Door to Cyberspace: The Community Memory TerminalUsers could exchange brief messages about a wide range of topics: apartment listings, music lessons, even where to find a decent bagel.Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017