Dragons! Penguins! Computers! Science Fiction!
Completed posting several articles from: Basic Computing Converting these articles to web pages reminded me again of the great changes in communications over the past half century. For me, the evolution went something like this: Manual typewriter, paper manuscript, mailed Continue reading Basic Computing articles
Completed posting of several 80-U.S. Journal articles. My first microcomputer was a TRS-80 Model I, purchased in Daly City, California in 1978. I’d been encouraged to purchase an Apple II by Steve Jobs, personally, at the West Coast Computer Faire, Continue reading 80-U.S. Journal articles
Completed conversion of paper presented at the: American Association for Medical Systems (AAMSI) in 1983. It was all but impossible to scan the printed version, so the text is taken from the final manuscript, OCRed (converted to text via Optical Continue reading AAMSI article
Completed conversion of my one: InfoWorld story. This involved scanning the tabloid original, converting it to text (using OCR, Optical Character Recognition), and then adding it to the site. Tracking down “typos” from the OCR process occupied most of the Continue reading InfoWorld article
Added paper presented at the: ASPAC (Association for Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast) 1979 meeting in Olympia, Washington. The text was scanned from a typewritten original manuscript, then edited for “typos” introduced through the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) conversion.
The Southern New Hampshire Apple Core computer user group published several of my articles, but I could find the artifact for just one. SNAC Time (Southern New Hampshire Apple Core) I’m sure they sent me copies of the rest, but Continue reading SNAC Time article
The Main Line Macintosh User Group (Philadelphia) published one article in MLMUG Journal on Time Machine. Not sure if I should call this science fiction or computer science. In theory, they published some others as well, but I haven’t found Continue reading MLMUG Journal
Several articles were published in the Columbia Apple Slice newsletter, AppleTree These were exclusively on Apple Macintosh subjects, as the user group was explicitly an Apple Macintosh user group. However, because of the publication name, I started getting orchard and Continue reading AppleTree articles
Published Kathleen’s presentation a PHS Commissioned Officer’s Association conference held many, many years ago. The conference was so long ago that, while microcomputers and printers did exist, the printers, in particular, were better than handwriting, but not much. This is Continue reading Public Health Service conference
One presentation made at the Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics in 2003, SINI 2003 As far as I know, I was the only historian attending, and my presentation was on web technology in the sciences. I received several hours of Continue reading SINI 2003 presentation