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Latest Blog Posts

An Inflection Point in the History of Multimedia: Video Ethnographies of Visual Almanac and News Navigator

Hansen Hsu Oct 18, 2018 Curatorial Insight, From the Collection

CHM's Center for Software History has been conducting “video ethnographies” to record and preserve the experience of running historical software. Over the course of 2018, the center has conducted two video ethnographies surrounding a key moment at the end of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the birth of multimedia. Watch and learn from experts as they discuss and demonstrate the Visual Almanac and News Navigator. Read More

New Grant Will Highlight Software’s History, User and Maker Stories, and Ongoing Global Impact

Sara Lott Oct 18, 2018 From the Collection, Museum News

CHM has received a National Historical Publications and Records Commission: Access to Historical Records grant to process material related to software history. The collections in CHM’s Software History Processing Project (SHiPP) represent a deep and broad resource for understanding software’s impact on society. Read More

Leading Man: Inspired Stories From a Silicon Valley Icon

Heidi Hackford Oct 05, 2018 CHM Live, Exponential Center

Storytelling can “engage the heart” and inspire people to follow your vision, according to John Hennessy, Alphabet chairman and former president of Stanford University. He and moderator Marissa Mayer, cofounder of Lumi Labs and former president and CEO of Yahoo, recently discussed some of the leadership stories and advice that Hennessy shares in his new book Leading Matters: Lessons From My Journey. Read More

Latest Podcast Episodes

The Next Billion: Julie Hanna

CHM Live Episode 10 Oct 10, 2018

For Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, technology innovation and economic valuation often go hand in hand. But what about social impact? Join us for a fascinating fireside chat between Kiva’s Julie Hanna and the Exponential Center’s Marguerite Gong Hancock.

Electronic Music Pioneer Suzanne Ciani

From The Archives Episode 9 Oct 02, 2018

Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and sound designer Suzanne Ciani discusses her work with the Buchla synthesizers, designing audio logos for various companies, and how she carved a place for herself in the early days of American electronic music.