{"id":617,"date":"2016-06-02T10:33:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slantedhall.wordpress.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:28:50","slug":"shift-ctrl-2016-conference-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/shift-ctrl-2016-conference-trip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Shift CTRL 2016 Conference Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170929201816\/http:\/\/www.shiftctrl2016.org\/\">Shift CTRL<\/a> (#<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23shiftctrl&amp;src=typd\">shiftCTRL<\/a>)\u2014New Perspectives on Computing and New Media<\/em> conference was held at Stanford University Humanities on Friday &amp; Saturday, 6\u20137 May 2016, organized by Thomas S. Mullaney (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney\">tsmullaney<\/a>). This gathering was a follow-on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/annual-meeting\/past-meetings\/2016-annual-meeting\/2016-program\">American History Association 2016 Annual Meeting<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHAhistorians\">AHAhistorians<\/a>) session\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/aha.confex.com\/aha\/2016\/webprogram\/Session13252.html\">Shift Ctrl: Computing and New Media beyond the US and Europe<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>that Tom chaired on 10 January 2016, 11am\u20131pm EST, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goal to move beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Euro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Euro<\/a>-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/American?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#American<\/a> domination of histories of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/computing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#computing<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newmedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#newmedia<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanAtStanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HumanAtStanford<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Andrea L Stanton (@andrealstanton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealstanton\/status\/728619241574825984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Each session topic included two to three presentations, giving a glimpse into the papers the participants had shared among themselves ahead of time. Afterwards, the presenters gathered at a table to answer grouped questions from the audience. As the discussions happened, the participants found unexpected connections between different areas of work. Some of that is what can happen when presentations are combined like that. A great conference.<\/p>\n<p>My notes were minimal, though I enjoyed all the talks. Squeezing this writing in between my type design work means this trip report will also be minimal with raw notes and links as opposed to nice prose.<\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges of an independent researcher like myself is getting access to resources while being unaffliated with a university. It\u2019s still possible but sometimes requires a bit more effort. This conference reminded me of some of the things I like about a good research community. I will also be looking for funding sources for projects on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the oral history of some type designers related to my past research, and<\/li>\n<li>typeface design to support preserving endangered languages and minority languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Launch!<br>1403 Vintage Mono Pro typeface specimen site by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennethormandy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kennethormandy<\/a> &amp; me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slantedhall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@slantedhall<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/REY6RHHVtV\">https:\/\/t.co\/REY6RHHVtV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpNxhHgQFW\">pic.twitter.com\/kpNxhHgQFW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/699677068007645184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftctrl2016.org\/\">Shift CTRL conference<\/a> aligned well with my background in technology development and history. My type design work includes research into history for each script &amp; language, but also for technology used in printing and writing. Some of that research was included in the talks I gave on <em>Resurrecting Type of the IBM 1403<\/em>\u00a0about the mainframe line printer, its use around the world (Iceland\u2019s first computers, Vietnamese land titles &amp; first legal documents printed on computer), and the development of my resultant <a href=\"https:\/\/1403.slantedhall.com\/\">1403 Vintage Mono Pro typeface<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigcis.org\">Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society<\/a> (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIGCIS\">SIGCIS<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigcis.org\/workshop16\">Workshop 2016: Convergence &amp; Divergence<\/a> on 26 June 2016 in Singapore may also be of interest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-unknown x-is-unknown\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.@NEnsmenger argues there is much more in common with the machines of the Industrial Age--and its pillage of environments. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mar Hicks (@histoftech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/728623614560325632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Ecologies<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/homes.soic.indiana.edu\/nensmeng\/\">Nathan Ensmenger<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEnsmenger\">NEnsmenger<\/a>), Indiana University \u2014\u00a0<em>Dirty Bits: An Environmental History of Computing.<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more about Nathan\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/homes.soic.indiana.edu\/nensmeng\/enviro-compute\/\">project on an environmental history of computing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-unknown x-is-unknown\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"300\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telephony--&gt;SPRINT. The bones of modern computing\/telecom are 19th c. transpo networks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mar Hicks (@histoftech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/728627069609893888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xor\/status\/728629761686175744\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/xor\/status\/728629761686175744<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.ischool.berkeley.edu\/~jenna\/\">Jenna Burrell<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennaburrell\">jennaburrell<\/a>), UC Berkeley \u2014\u00a0<em>What Do Electronic Waste Narratives Make Visible?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghana \u2014 Purpose is computer import not e-waste import. 12.5% tax on computer imports, no tax classification on e-waste.<\/li>\n<li>Jenna\u2019s blog post on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ischool.berkeley.edu\/~jenna\/?p=670\"><em>The Importance of Secondhand Computers and the Dilemma of Electronic Waste<\/em><\/a>\u00a0includes useful links to her research in Ghana and the\u00a0Agbogbloshie scrap metal recycling area, along with related updates and stories.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qamp.net\">QAMP<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qampnet\">qampnet<\/a>)\u2014 Agbogbloshie Makerspace Project, including\u00a0an effort to change perceptions and the economy of the site in Accra, Ghana, Africa (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccraMetropolis\">AccraMetropolis<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Adam Minter\u2019s (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamMinter\">AdamMinter<\/a>) Smithsonian Magazine (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmithsonianMag\">SmithsonianMag<\/a>) piece on\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/burning-truth-behind-e-waste-dump-africa-180957597\/?no-ist\">The Burning Truth Behind an E-Waste Dump in Africa<\/a>\u00a0also highlights the work of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qamp.net\/\">QAMP<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qampnet\">qampnet<\/a>) makerspace in\u00a0Agbogbloshie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Languages &amp; Logics<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cwe would do well to train\u2026in many disciplines rather than in a single discipline because you never know what may prove useful\u201d\u2014Grace Hopper<\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/711347503275245569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/dept\/MTL\/cgi-bin\/modthought\/people\/ben-allen\/\">Ben Allen<\/a>, Stanford University, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/dept\/MTL\/cgi-bin\/modthought\/\">Modern Thought &amp; Literature<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<em>Common Language: COBOL and the Legibility of Programming<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>While talking about COBOL, Ben mentioned the 1978 ACM (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOfficialACM\">TheOfficialACM<\/a>) SIGPLAN <a href=\"http:\/\/research.ihost.com\/hopl\/HOPL-I.html\">History of Programming Languages (HOPL-\u2160) conference<\/a> and Grace Hopper\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=1198341\">keynote<\/a>. In Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, No. 5, pages 69\u201374 is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/magazines\/2007\/5\/5656-a-history-of-the-history-of-programming-languages\/fulltext\">A history of the history of programming languages<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Thomas J. Bergin\u00a0about the HOPL conferences.<\/li>\n<li>French, German versions of language keywords or management desire that not possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0642\u0644\u0628<br>Arabic-based LISP-like programming language (from 2012): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPtyQtczYV\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPtyQtczYV<\/a><br>Ran across on a random distraction. \/cc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealstanton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrealstanton<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/734150395505692672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Mention of English only. Though not the same, common language for air traffic control is English. So, all pilots need to know English. Think it would be okay to have programming language with keywords based in another language. The issue comes when one wants to involve others who may not speak that language. Same issue with English-based programming languages.<\/li>\n<li>There have been programming languages that were not based in English. If I had more time, I would dig up references. For now, here\u2019s the Wikipedia page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-English-based_programming_languages\">Non-English-based programming languages<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/nas.sr\/\u0642\u0644\u0628\/\">\u0642\u0644\u0628 :\u00a0Arabic LISP-like language<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Early Chinese telegraph encoding. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tsmullaney<\/a> on Chinese computing at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stanford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZJjIqkhNw\">pic.twitter.com\/jZJjIqkhNw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/728659228886368257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/history.stanford.edu\/people\/tom-mullaney\">Thomas S. Mullaney<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/tsmullaney.com\/\">personal<\/a>]\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney\">tsmullaney<\/a>), Stanford University, Department of History \u2014\u00a0<em>The Alphabet, Open-Sourced: Chinese Computing in the Age of Input<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out Tom\u2019s exhibit on\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/library.stanford.edu\/blogs\/stanford-libraries-blog\/2015\/12\/chinese-typewriter-design-and-science-east-asian-information\">The Chinese Typewriter: The Design and Science of East Asian Information Technology<\/a>\u00a0at the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.stanford.edu\/eal\">Stanford East Asia Library<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanfordLibs\">StanfordLibs<\/a>), 5 January 2016 through 10 September 2016.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tdT-oFxc-C0\">The Chinese Typewriter in Silicon Valley<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>[1-hour video]<em>\u00a0<\/em>Google Tech Talk, 5 December 2011.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/490728\">The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists Developed Predictive Text during the Height of Maoism<\/a>, <\/em>Technology and Culture, Volume 53, Number 4, October 2012, pp. 777\u2013814.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/keyboard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#keyboard<\/a> is not neutral&quot; - \u0646\u0642\u0637\u0629 \u0645\u0647\u0645\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tsmullaney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Andrea L Stanton (@andrealstanton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealstanton\/status\/729087789975752704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-unknown x-is-unknown\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noahwf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@noahwf<\/a> on games that try to convey transgender life experiences by reorienting standard game logics <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FyOD3V8ihL\">pic.twitter.com\/FyOD3V8ihL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mar Hicks (@histoftech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/728665730497941510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/games.soe.ucsc.edu\/people\/noah-wardrip-fruin\">Noah Wardrip-Fruin<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noahwf\">noahwf<\/a>), UC Santa Cruz\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/games.soe.ucsc.edu\">Center for Games and Playable Media<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playableUCSC\">playableUCSC<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0<em>Beyond Shooting and Eating: Passage, Dys4ia, and the Meanings of Collision<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Games.<\/li>\n<li>Assumptions built into development tools, based on past major games and structure.<\/li>\n<li>New meanings to familiar core elements, e.g., collision.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Rohrer\u2019s (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrohrer\">jasonrohrer<\/a>)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hcsoftware.sourceforge.net\/passage\/\">Passage<\/a> \u2014 Two others attending the conference wrote about it, also.\n<ul>\n<li>Nick Montfort wrote about <em><a href=\"http:\/\/press.etc.cmu.edu\/content\/portal-passage-nick-montfort\">Portal &amp; Passage<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Who was the other?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattiebrice.com\/mainichi\/\">Mainichi<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 <em>an experiment in sharing a personal experience through a game system.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auntiepixelante.com\/?p=1515\">Dys4ia<\/a> \u2014 spatial and conversation.\n<ul>\n<li>layoff and carry(??) life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>My own note: Are these types of games becoming more common, now, or are we just seeing them more often because of greater connection?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jenna mentioned the May 2016 White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/05\/04\/big-risks-big-opportunities-intersection-big-data-and-civil-rights\">report on transparency of algorithmic systems<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/microsites\/ostp\/2016_0504_data_discrimination.pdf\">PDF report<\/a>]. Cathy O\u2019Neil (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathbabedotorg\">mathbabedotorg<\/a>) wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/mathbabe.org\/2016\/05\/17\/white-house-report-on-big-data-and-civil-rights\/\">blog post about it<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Identities<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariehicks.net\">Marie Hicks<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\">histoftech<\/a>), Illinois Institute of Technology (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/digihistorylab\">digihistorylab<\/a>\u00a0at @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/illinoistech\">illinoistech<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0<em>Not Science Fiction: The Making of a Feminized Machine Underclass at the Dawn of the Electronic Age in Britain, 1948\u20131965<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenmedina\/status\/728700445359677440\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenmedina\/status\/728700445359677440<\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>For some background, read her pieces:\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariehicks.net\/writing\/clothes.html\">Only the Clothes Changed: Women Operators in British Computing and Advertising, 1950\u20131970<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 32, no. 2 (October-December 2010).<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariehicks.net\/writing\/meritocracy.html\">Meritocracy and Feminization in Conflict: Computerization in the British Government<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 5 from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Codes-Women-Leaving-Computing\/dp\/0470597194\">Gender Codes: Why Women are Leaving Computing<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unrelated to the conference, read her blog post\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mariehicks.net\/blog\/?p=489\"><em>Pieces of History<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on the Durham, North Carolina Brontosaurus dinosaur sculpture in the woods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHow and why we teach CS [Computer Science] is important.\u201d\u2014Janet Abbate re: teaching CS in K\u201312. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sts_vt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sts_vt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codeorg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@codeorg<\/a> @whitehouseostp<\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/728705814463021057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sts.vt.edu\/faculty\/abbate\/\">Janet Abbate<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanetAbbateVT\">JanetAbbateVT<\/a>), Virginia Tech \u2014\u00a0<em>Code Switch: Rethinking Computer Expertise as Empowerment<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>why<\/strong>\u00a0we teach computer science is important.<\/li>\n<li>mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/anitaborg.org\">Anita Borg Institute<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anitaborg_org\">anitaborg_org<\/a>)\u00a0re: diversity and inclusion. I worked with Anita at the DEC research laboratories back in the 1990s.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/code.org\">code.org<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codeorg\">codeorg<\/a>) \u2014 but noted focus on coding and diversity in PR materials, then videos mostly from older white guys. Not getting into what one could do other than program, be successful. (My simplification of her more clear statements.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeswecode.org\">#YesWeCode<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yeswecode\">yeswecode<\/a>)\u00a0&#8212; founded by Van Jones and musician\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeswecode.org\/prince\">Prince<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morgangames\/status\/728701716460273664\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/morgangames\/status\/728701716460273664<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone mentioned the early Indian PC, but I didn\u2019t write down more details and forgot the reference. Perhaps they were referring to Hindustan Computers Limited\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iitaablogs.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/20\/the-story-of-hcl-8c-the-first-personal-computer-in-india\/\">HCL 8C<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hcle.wikispaces.com\/Liza+Loop\">Liza Loop<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizaLoopED\">LizaLoopED<\/a>), just attending. Teaching coding since 1972. <a href=\"http:\/\/hcle.wikispaces.com\">History of Computing in Learning and Education (HCLE) nonprofit<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/hclemuseum.wordpress.com\">blog<\/a>).\n<ul>\n<li>On 7 June 2016, Liza will be part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/hclemuseum.wordpress.com\/workshop\/\">Oral History Workshop on How Education Made Computers Personal<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leefelsenstein.com\">Lee Felsenstein<\/a> (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lfelsenstein\">lfelsenstein<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/rheingold.com\/about\/\">Howard Rheingold<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrheingold\">hrheingold<\/a>). The event organized with the <a href=\"https:\/\/complexitycontrol.org\">Complexity &amp; Control?\u00a0Paradigms for sustainable development<\/a>\u00a0project will be <a href=\"https:\/\/webconf.vc.dfn.de\/oral-history-workshop\/\">streamed online<\/a>, 6\u201311am PDT (3-8pm CET).<\/li>\n<li>Check out Lee\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andorbit.com\">AndOrBit<\/a> education project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One lady asking a question of Marie and Janet noted that her 1st computer class was 50 years ago (~1966).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Authorities &amp; Truths<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informatics.indiana.edu\/edenm\/\">Eden Medina<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenmedina\">edenmedina<\/a>), Indiana University \u2014\u00a0<em>\u201cI Felt Absolutely Convinced That It Was Him\u201d: Computers, Identification, and the Making of Truth in Chile<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>On the identification of bodies using morphology techniques during the 1990s in Chile\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patio_29\">Patio 29<\/a> common grave from the 1973 coup and the subsequent DNA testing in 2005 identifying errors in those initial results.<\/li>\n<li>Some detail about this work\u00a0was written up in:<br \/>\nEden Medina &amp; Ilan Sandberg Wiener, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yalelawjournal.org\/forum\/science-and-harm-in-human-rights-cases\"><em>Science and Harm in Human Rights Cases: Preventing the Revictimization of Families of the Disappeared<\/em><\/a>, 125 Yale L.J. F. 331 (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlham.edu\/profile\/?t=dir&amp;id=36747&amp;r=3258&amp;d=faculty\">Honghong Tinn<\/a>, Earlham College \u2014\u00a0<em>Econometric Models and Computers: Manufacturing Economic-Planning Projects in Taiwan<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-unknown x-is-unknown\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honghong Tinn on Taiwanese computing history during the Cold War <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/globalhistoryofcomputing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#globalhistoryofcomputing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOZhya1B7T\">pic.twitter.com\/tOZhya1B7T<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mar Hicks (@histoftech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/728729833937604608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cexplores the early use of mainframe computers to assist in econometric-knowledge production and economic-project planning in Taiwan in the 1960s.<br \/>\n\u2026 Specifically, this paper explores the computer-assisted production of inter-industrial input-output analysis in Taiwan. Harvard economist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wassily_Leontief\">Wassily Leontief<\/a> developed the method in 1941.<br \/>\nIn the case of Taiwan, a Cornell University Professor, Ta-Chung Liu, visited the country in 1964 to help form an economic-planning project. Liu helped a Taiwanese government agency to produce inter-industry input-output analyses of Taiwanese industries with the IBM 1620 computer. The limited capacity of the IBM computer however, hindered the process of producing such analysis. The Taiwanese team, thus, had to reconfigure economic data to accommodate the capacity of the computer. By using Taiwan as an example, this paper reveals the underlying historical tensions and contingencies in visualizing, representing, and making sense of economic activities during the Cold War.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan 1964\u20131969<\/li>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>IBM 1620<\/li>\n<li>Ta-Chung Liu\u2019s \u201cA Macro-Econometric Model for Taiwan\u2019s Economy,\u201d CIECD, 1965.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/econ.duke.edu\/uploads\/assets\/Events\/HOPE%20Conference%202010\/chao&amp;huang(1).pdf\">The Econometric Practice of Ta-Chung Liu<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>[PDF] by\u00a0Hsiang-Ke Chao and Chao-Hsi Huang, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.du.edu\/ahss\/religiousstudies\/facultystaff\/stanton.html\">Andrea Stanton<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealstanton\">andrealstanton<\/a>), University of Denver (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uofdenver\">uofdenver<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0<em>Bid`a or Merely Tasweer? Emoticons and Religious Authority in Sunni Islam<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Smiley origin \u2014 My personal note: emoticons started with a monospace origin. There&#8217;s also some minimal relation to ASCII art.<\/li>\n<li>short codes for Arabic emoticons were used in forums on Islam.<\/li>\n<li>Andrea has a related chapter titled\u00a0<em>5. Islamic Emoticons: Pious Sociability and Community Building in Online Muslim Communities <\/em>in the 2014 book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Internet-and-Emotions\/Benski-Fisher\/p\/book\/9780415819442\">Internet and Emotions<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Meant to send a note about the history of Emoji and how it came from Japanese phones and standards there.<\/li>\n<li>Colin M. Ford published a 3-part piece on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/making-faces-and-other-emoji\">Making Faces (and Other Emoji)<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0covering\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/making-faces-and-other-emoji\/emoji-a-lovely-history-1062de3645dd\">Emoji: A Lovely History<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Part 1), <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/making-faces-and-other-emoji\/emoji-looking-good-541f63293bed\"><em>Emoji: Looking Good <\/em><\/a>(Part 2), \u2026 in preparation for the his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/2016.typographics.com\/workshops\/making-faces-and-other-emoji\/\"><em>Making Faces (and Other Emoji)<\/em>\u00a0workshop<\/a>\u00a013\u201314 June 2016\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/2016.typographics.com\">Typographics conference<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TypographicsNYC\">TypographicsNYC<\/a>)\u00a0in New York City, New York, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Power<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Puritan conversion as related to the maker movement now.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealstanton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrealstanton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fturner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fturner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stanford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60BIsUv6sU\">pic.twitter.com\/60BIsUv6sU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/728987983806783488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fredturner.stanford.edu\">Fred Turner<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fturner\">fturner<\/a>), Stanford University \u2014\u00a0<em>Millenarian Thinking: The Puritan Roots of the Maker Movement<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tltl.stanford.edu\/project\/fablearn-labs\">FabLearn Lab<\/a> (formerly FabLab@Schools)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\">MAKE magazine<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/make\">make<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nickm.com\">Nick Montfort<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmofo\">nickmofo<\/a>), Massachusetts Institute of Technology \u2014\u00a0<em>Shifting to Free Software<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Think argument could be made stronger. Focusing on longevity of access to information (archival and beyond).<\/li>\n<li>Same for all tech and archiving.<\/li>\n<li>Note that there&#8217;s also a risk that free software stops being maintained or requires more work than one is able to put to be able to use again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Infrastructures &amp; Economies<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pne.people.si.umich.edu\">Paul N. Edwards<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVastMachine\">AVastMachine<\/a>), University of Michigan \u2014\u00a0<em>On Infrastructure Time: Software, Speed, and Second-Order Systems in Africa<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safaricom.co.ke\/personal\/m-pesa\">Safaricom M-pesa<\/a> cash\n<ul>\n<li>Kenya, Africa $$ payment<\/li>\n<li>~60% Kenyan GDP goes through <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M-Pesa\">M-Pesa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go outside financial system \u2192 becomes platform \u2192\u00a0then banks connect in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On Paul\u2019s page on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pne.people.si.umich.edu\/essays.html\">Reviews &amp; Essays<\/a>, check out his Pedagogical Essays:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pne.people.si.umich.edu\/PDF\/howtotalk.pdf\"><em>How to Give an Academy Talk<\/em><\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pne.people.si.umich.edu\/PDF\/howtoread.pdf\"><em>How to Read a Book<\/em><\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"250\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Jennings\u2019 FidoNet. Africa is zone 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVastMachine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AVastMachine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMich<\/a> on infrastructure time in Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stanford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fN5O8Zl1Xx\">pic.twitter.com\/fN5O8Zl1Xx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/729016260478967809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Differentiating infrastructures &amp; platforms\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVastMachine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AVastMachine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stanford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4gTsbP1xYD\">pic.twitter.com\/4gTsbP1xYD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/729012552487735296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the Soviet Internet by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpeters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bjpeters<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stanford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stanford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V4BBTwvmIc\">pic.twitter.com\/V4BBTwvmIc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/729017084873560065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.utulsa.edu\/~\/benjamin-peters\">Benjamin Peters<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpeters\">bjpeters<\/a>), University of Tulsa \u2014\u00a0<em>The Soviet Internet: The All-State Automated System, 1959\u20131989<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Soviet Internet history.<\/li>\n<li>Check out his new book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/petersbenjamin.wordpress.com\/soviet-internet-book\/\">How Not To Network A Nation \u2014 The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2016).<\/li>\n<li>Enjoyed the topic and talk; wish I had written more notes. I\u2019ll return to Moscow for a wedding later this year.<\/li>\n<li>One may also be interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hstm.umn.edu\/content\/graduate-student-16\">Nicholas Lewis<\/a>\u2019 piece <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computer.org\/cms\/Computer.org\/ComputingNow\/issues\/2016\/04\/man2016010034.pdf\">Peering through the Curtain: Soviet Computing through the Eyes of Western Experts<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>[PDF]\u00a0in\u00a0IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 38:1 (January\u2013March 2016): 34\u201347.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEnsmenger\/status\/729016183232438272\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEnsmenger\/status\/729016183232438272<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>From unrelated recent research, I recently was reminded of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mailcom.com\/besm6\/\">Soviet BESM-6 mainframe computer<\/a>\u00a0and the ACPU-128 printer used with it (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mailcom.com\/besm6\/acpu\/\">image of sample characters<\/a>). The printer sounds similar to the IBM 1403 mainframe line printer that inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/1403.slantedhall.com\/\">my 1403 Vintage Mono Pro typeface<\/a>. Look forward to digging up more information and printouts. The BESM-6 is included in the latest beta of the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/simh\/simh\">SIMH computer history simulator<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faculty.uci.edu\/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5256\">Kavita Philip<\/a>, UC Irvine \u2014\u00a0<em>Pirate Copying, Jugaad Economics: Postcolonial Technologies and Developmental Leapfrogging<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>17th Century children of pyrates [sic] considered pirate copies of English citizens.<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s a video of a longer 1.5 hour talk she gave on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VyJz952bVYU\">Pirate Copying, Jugaad Economics: Postcolonial Tech and Developmental Leapfrogging<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www4.uwm.edu\/c21\/\">Center for 21st Century Studies<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/center21\">center21<\/a>), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on 6 March 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/hcle.wikispaces.com\/Liza+Loop\">Liza Loop<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizaLoopED\">LizaLoopED<\/a>) mentioned that in 1987 that the way they had copies of a book made in Russia was retyping because copy machines were so regulated. Meant to ask if same for printing presses. I assume so?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paraphrased from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fturner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fturner<\/a> question at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftCTRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftCTRL<\/a>: \u201cStart from socialism, you fail; start from capitalism, you succeed\u2026to create socialism.\u201d<\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/729030412559749120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For some reason, I had a note \u201cto Fred Turner: Critical Systems Interdependency &amp; Failure Modes Failure Analysis\u201d referring to the Clinton Presidential Commission Report in the late 1990s. Alas, I do not recall why I wrote that down. So, I&#8217;ll just leave a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/pdd\/pdd-63.htm\">PDD-63 on Critical Infrastructure Protection<\/a>,\u00a022 May 1998.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Final Discussions and Computer History Museum Tour<\/h2>\n<div>Some random quotes during the fabulous\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/exhibits\/revolution\/\">Revolution Exhibit<\/a> tour at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/\">Computer History Museum<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComputerHistory\">ComputerHistory<\/a>)\u2026<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Both Jenna (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennaburrell\">jennaburrell<\/a>) &amp; Janet (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanetAbbateVT\">JanetAbbateVT<\/a>) asked \u201cwhere\u2019s the <em>Discourse<\/em> key?\u201d when looking at lovely old computer keyboards. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>\u201cInnovation under constraints\u201d\u2014Jenna (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennaburrell\">jennaburrell<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy Drunk Computer History\u201d\u2014Tom (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney\">tsmullaney<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/729236985743704065\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\/status\/729236985743704065<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"right\" data-width=\"220\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6EQUJ5 VFX breakdown by Trevor Brymer. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OTOY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OTOY<\/a> Octane+<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autodesk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Autodesk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdskMaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdskMaya<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IBM<\/a> 1403+my font<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xfMCTgKrvB\">https:\/\/t.co\/xfMCTgKrvB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHrYOTTdge\">pic.twitter.com\/JHrYOTTdge<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/713388486410117121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div>During the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/\">Computer History Museum<\/a> tour, there was only time to explore the Revolution Exhibit. Next time, check out the demo labs:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/exhibits\/pdp-1\/\">PDP-1 Demo Lab<\/a>\u00a0with working demonstrations of the DEC PDP-1 and the Spacewar! game on 1st &amp; 3rd Saturdays, 2:30pm &amp; 3:15pm. Learn about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/pdp-1\/\">PDP-1 and restoration<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/pdp-1\/spacewar\/\">Spacewar! game<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/exhibits\/ibm1401\/\">IBM 1401 Demo Lab<\/a>\u00a0with working demonstrations of the IBM 1401 mainframe and the IBM 1403 line printer that inspired my <a href=\"https:\/\/1403.slantedhall.com\/\">1403 Vintage Mono Pro<\/a> typeface. Demonstrations in the lab are on Wednesdays at 3pm and Saturdays at 11am.\u00a0A custom version of my font to more closely match the original printer chain was used in the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/6equj5.slantedhall.com\/\">short film 6EQUJ5<\/a>, <\/em>directed by Trevor Brymer,\u00a0New Zealand. Coincidentally, I worked at both IBM and DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) research laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The shiftCTRL conference brought together a great group. It sounds like there will be a longer-term publication to bring their ideas together in some cohesive form. One of the goals seems to be to encourage more discourse and research. Some of the things that could be done to foster continuing conversations include:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Book, journal of the papers <strong>with commentary added<\/strong> to encourage more discussion. An important aspect of the Shift CTRL conference: the discussions that happened after the talks, connecting and exploring the topics presented.<\/li>\n<li>Periodic articles, blog posts, etc. in shorter form. Perhaps all linking with the <strong>#shiftCTRL<\/strong> as a connector keyword. Note that shiftCTRL may be used for other topics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continually updated collection of related publications, posts, resources.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I believe there was mention of considering\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/interactions.acm.org\">ACM Interactions<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/interactionsmag\">interactionsmag<\/a>). Perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/cacm.acm.org\">Communications of the ACM<\/a> (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CACMmag\">CACMmag<\/a>) would also be appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Also, perhaps consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computer.org\">IEEE Computer Society<\/a>\u2019s (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComputerSociety\">ComputerSociety<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computer.org\/web\/computingnow\/annals\">Annals of the History of Computing<\/a>\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/computingnow\">computingnow<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Other posts about the ShiftCTRL Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariehicks.net\">Marie Hicks<\/a>\u2019\u00a0(@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech\">histoftech<\/a>) Storify of <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/histoftech\/shift-ctrl-new-perspectives-on-computing-and-new-m\">tweets from the conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hcle.wikispaces.com\/Liza+Loop\">Liza Loop<\/a>\u2019s (@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizaLoopED\">LizaLoopED<\/a>) blog post on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hcleorg.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/16\/shift-ctrl-scholarship-made-relevant\/\">ShiftCTRL\u2014Scholarship made relevant<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dinner celebration <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shiftctrl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shiftctrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histoftech?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@histoftech<\/a> @NEnsmenger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenmedina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@edenmedina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hkNrtLVl75\">pic.twitter.com\/hkNrtLVl75<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tom Mullaney (@tsmullaney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsmullaney\/status\/728837408066666496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shift CTRL (#shiftCTRL)\u2014New Perspectives on Computing and New Media conference was held at Stanford University Humanities on Friday &amp; Saturday, 6\u20137 May 2016, organized by Thomas S. 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This gathering was a follow-on to the American History Association 2016 Annual Meeting\u00a0(@AHAhistorians) session\u00a0Shift Ctrl: Computing and New Media beyond the US and Europe\u00a0that Tom chaired on 10 January 2016, &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/shift-ctrl-2016-conference-trip-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conference","category-shiftctrl","tag-computer-history"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}