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Karsten Schmidt<p>Memoirs of the CP/M creator released:</p><p>“Our father, Gary Kildall, was one of the founders of the personal computer industry, but you probably don’t know his name. Those who have heard of him may recall the myth that he ‘missed’ the opportunity to become Bill Gates by going flying instead of meeting with IBM. Unfortunately, this tall tale paints Gary as a ‘could-have-been,’ ignores his deep contributions, and overshadows his role as an inventor of key technologies that define how computer platforms run today.</p><p>Gary viewed computers as learning tools rather than profit engines. His career choices reflect a different definition of success, where innovation means sharing ideas, letting passion drive your work and making source code available for others to build upon. His work ethic during the 1970s resembles that of the open-source community today."</p><p><a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-his-own-words-gary-kildall/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">computerhistory.org/blog/in-hi</span><span class="invisible">s-own-words-gary-kildall/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/ComputerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/MySpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySpace</span></a> pages, Media player skins, the eye searingly gaudy hot dog stand theme. These all were vectors for <a href="https://mato.social/tags/selfexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfexpression</span></a>. But to offer these <a href="https://mato.social/tags/freedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedoms</span></a>, you have to trust the person operating your system, honour their agency, and respect them as a serious intellectual partner instead of a gibbering idiot to be manipulated for your own ends.<br>…personal computing needs to make a firm return to normative <a href="https://mato.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> practises.<br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/TheUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheUser</span></a> is dead. Long live <a href="https://mato.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a>!"</p><p><a href="https://www.pastagang.cc/blog/kill-the-user/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pastagang.cc/blog/kill-the-use</span><span class="invisible">r/</span></a></p>
Kingsley Uyi Idehen<p>The pendulum is swinging back toward the edge of the global connectivity mesh we call the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a>—a familiar cycle, much like the shift from time-shared mainframes to the PC and Mac era.</p><p>Microsoft's Phi-4 LLM running on my MacBook Pro (M1), courtesy of LM Studio.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleIntelligence</span></a></p>
Mike Morris<p>Further to yesterday's misadventures in Flatpak Land: The very notion of "sandboxing" "apps" in a desktop env seems to me exactly the *opposite* of the direction we want if we're to foster <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a>. A sandbox's purpose is to *prevent* software from interacting/interoperating with other bits of s/w, when what we *want* is many more much smaller components that interact promiscuously, fluidly and easily. (Yes, I know, bad actors/malware. Don't know how to solve that yet. Capabilities?)</p>
IrishMASMS<p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Freecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freecycle</span></a> find - <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Edirol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edirol</span></a> (<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Roland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roland</span></a>) PCR-M30 <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/midi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midi</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a> </p><p>Cleaned the gooey rubber off the knobs &amp; such, now to get the drivers working</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/vintagehardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagehardware</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hardwarehacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardwarehacker</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hardwarehacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardwarehacking</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upcycling</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/personalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalComputing</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/personal_computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personal_computing</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a></p>
Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum<p>Return Control to Your Data Center!</p><p>Meet your demands with the combination of horizontal and vertical networks! Meet the IBM 9370 “Baby Mainframe”.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGcvC66ZMU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DlGcvC66ZM</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>Personal computing was not so welcome there …</p><p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a></p>
Tech Chilli<p>MediaTek’s New Arm-Based Processor to Power Windows PCs, Rival Apple and Intel.</p><p>See here - <a href="https://techchilli.com/news/mediateks-new-arm-based-processor-to-power-windows-pcs-rival-apple-and-intel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techchilli.com/news/mediateks-</span><span class="invisible">new-arm-based-processor-to-power-windows-pcs-rival-apple-and-intel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediaTek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaTek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArmProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmProcessor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProcessorRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProcessorRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalTransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTransformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2025Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025Release</span></a></p>
Mike Morris<p>If, as told by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anildash</span></a></span> in <a href="https://medium.com/humane-tech/12-things-everyone-should-understand-about-tech-d158f5a26411" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/humane-tech/12-thin</span><span class="invisible">gs-everyone-should-understand-about-tech-d158f5a26411</span></a> the "changes in our lives that happen when we use new technologies do so according to the priorities and preferences of those who create those technologies" then it behooves us to be -- as far as possible -- the creators of our own technologies.</p><p>Software for ourselves, by ourselves. <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a></p>
Yaroslav Khnygin<p>Today 55 years ago the modern world began. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MotherOfAllDemos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherOfAllDemos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DougEngelbart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougEngelbart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DouglasEngelbart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasEngelbart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Engelbart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engelbart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BillEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AugmentingHumanIntellect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AugmentingHumanIntellect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IntelligenceAmplification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceAmplification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ManComputerSymbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManComputerSymbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ComputerMouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerMouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HyperMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HyperMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HyperText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HyperText</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ComputerGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerGraphics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PersonalComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputer</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ComputerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>OTD <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DouglasEngelbart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasEngelbart</span></a> gave “the mother of all demos” at the Fall *1968* ACM/#IEEEconference in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a>. 👉 <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mo</span><span class="invisible">ther_of_All_Demos</span></a></p><p>The 90 minute presentation introduced the essential elements - both software and hardware - of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> 🖥️ still in use today!</p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Women Applying to Work for Bill Gates Were Reportedly Asked Invasive Sexual Questions <a href="https://jezebel.com/women-applying-to-work-for-bill-gates-were-reportedly-a-1850592707" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/women-applying-to-</span><span class="invisible">work-for-bill-gates-were-reportedly-a-1850592707</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/americanpeopleofgermandescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>americanpeopleofgermandescent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/carolmiaskoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carolmiaskoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/socialissues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialissues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/nerdculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerdculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/bighistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bighistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/billgates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billgates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a></p>
Tech news from Canada<p>Kotaku: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Performance Seems To Be Struggling On PC <a href="https://kotaku.com/star-wars-jedi-survivor-pc-performance-fps-reviews-1850382672" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kotaku.com/star-wars-jedi-surv</span><span class="invisible">ivor-pc-performance-fps-reviews-1850382672</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/kotaku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kotaku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/technology2cinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology2cinternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/firstpersonshooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firstpersonshooters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/starwarsvideogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starwarsvideogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/digitaltechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/videogamesequels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogamesequels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/windowsgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowsgames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/pcgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pcgame</span></a></p>
Tech news from Canada<p>Kotaku: The Steam Deck Is About To Have Some Major Competition <a href="https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-asus-rog-ally-price-windows-switch-gaming-pc-1850382546" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kotaku.com/steam-deck-asus-rog</span><span class="invisible">-ally-price-windows-switch-gaming-pc-1850382546</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/kotaku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kotaku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/technology2cinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology2cinternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/handheldgameconsole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handheldgameconsole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/digitaltechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/nvidiaion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvidiaion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/pcgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pcgame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/asus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/amd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amd</span></a></p>
Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहन<p>Before there were <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SV</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> demos, there was their 'mother'. Rewatching Doug Engelbart's "The Mother of All Demos" </p><p>Wikpedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moth</span><span class="invisible">er_of_All_Demos</span></a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY&amp;ab_channel=Marcel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzM</span><span class="invisible">Y&amp;ab_channel=Marcel</span></a></p><p>The history of <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PARC</span></a> and <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SRI</span></a> is the history of computing.</p><p>Fun tidbit: Engelbart apparently 'dealt lightning with both hands'. Research presenters at PARC were called 'dealers of lightning'. PARC still holds a weekly 'Dealer' seminar.</p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SRIInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SRIInc</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/MotherOfAllDemos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherOfAllDemos</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/CS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CS</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Tech news from Canada<p>Kotaku: This PC Gamer Built Their Rig After Dumpster Diving For Months <a href="https://kotaku.com/custom-pc-build-reddit-refurbish-dumpster-diving-legal-1850338372" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kotaku.com/custom-pc-build-red</span><span class="invisible">dit-refurbish-dumpster-diving-legal-1850338372</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/kotaku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kotaku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/technology2cinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology2cinternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/digitaltechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/computerhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/personalcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/wastecollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wastecollection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/humanactivities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanactivities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/dumpsterdiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumpsterdiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/clairejackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clairejackson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/connections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/diyculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diyculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/hobbies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hobbies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/points" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>points</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/pcgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pcgame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/crytek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crytek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/yugi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yugi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/amd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amd</span></a></p>
John Gordon<p>I have 7 personal data migration projects ongoing -- the biggest by far is Aperture to Photos.app but some Cloud migrations are big.</p><p>These migrations can take a long time to do well. They are inevitable -- sooner or later apps and services go away and the vast majority of consumers don't care about data migration solutions until it's too late.</p><p>Anyone else feel like data migration projects will be a significant part of their life going forward?</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/datalock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datalock</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/personalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalcomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/timesuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timesuck</span></a></p>
Road Not Taken<p>Some pretty important, fundamental <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/computerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerHistory</span></a> here</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Xerox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xerox</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Alto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethernet</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PARC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/computerResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerResearch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/graphicalInterface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graphicalInterface</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mouse</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stylus</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/portable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portable</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>"Despite its age, using it feels so familiar and natural that it’s sometimes difficult to appreciate just how extraordinary, how different it was when it first appeared.</p><p>I’m talking about the Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973 [...] The reason it is so uncannily familiar today is simple: We are now living in a world of computing that the Alto created."</p><p><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/ComputerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Alto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/XerocPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XerocPARC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a></p>
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>The LINC is considered the world’s first personal computer. It was programmable, but with extreme limitations. It had 2,048 12-bit word storage in two sections. The first half for programs and the second for data storage.</p><p>Its software was designed by programmer and logic designer Mary Allen Wilkes.</p><p>More on the LINC:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>More on Mary:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Allen_Wilkes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_All</span><span class="invisible">en_Wilkes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WomenInTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a></p>
theredelm<p>How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System | WIRED <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-encrypt-any-file-folder-drive/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/how-to-encrypt</span><span class="invisible">-any-file-folder-drive/</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersonalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>