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Though I see nothing but vague & cloudy uncertainty in the foreground of our being, yet I fancy I discern a very bright light a good way further on, and this makes me care much less about the cloudiness & indistinctness which is near. Reconstructionist Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. 

Though I see nothing but vague & cloudy uncertainty in the foreground of our being, yet I fancy I discern a very bright light a good way further on, and this makes me care much less about the cloudiness & indistinctness which is near.

Reconstructionist Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. 

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4-9-2013
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The very first personal computer, which we owe to Alan Turing’s legacy

The very first personal computer, which we owe to Alan Turing’s legacy

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4-1-2013
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Computer theorist Danny Hillis’s TED 2013 talk on internet attacks, live-scribbled by Gavin Blake of Fever Picture.

Computer theorist Danny Hillis’s TED 2013 talk on internet attacks, live-scribbled by Gavin Blake of Fever Picture.

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2-27-2013
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The Computer Tree, a visualization of computer chronology 1938-1988 inspired by biology’s tree diagrams of evolution. (↬ Kottke)

The Computer Tree, a visualization of computer chronology 1938-1988 inspired by biology’s tree diagrams of evolution.

(↬ Kottke)

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6-13-2012
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This is the time for forward-looking research universities to invest scarce resources in computer science/computing—even at the expense of other engineering disciplines, if necessary—in order to ensure a vibrant, cohesive, and prominent computer science/computing presence and identity. This most certainly is not the time to scale back on computer science research and education.
Zvi Galil, Dean of College of Computing at Georgia Tech, sends the president of University of Florida a letter addressing UF’s decision to eliminate its computer science department in order to save money.
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4-23-2012
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After predicting the digital convergence in 1964 and the iPad in 1968, Arthur C. Clarke predicts the Internet, networked society, and personal computers in 1974.

(ᔥOpen Culture)

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3-29-2012
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The Insanely Great History of Apple, and other brilliant infographic prints from Brooklyn’s Pop Chart Lab.

The Insanely Great History of Apple, and other brilliant infographic prints from Brooklyn’s Pop Chart Lab.

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3-29-2012