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Digitally remastered and completed in collaboration with the Computer History Museum, The Powersharing Series now offers on a thumb drive 134 contemporary first-person accounts covering the birth & growth of personal computing 1981-1991.
- Bill Gates presents his vision of the future of the Macintosh.
- Steve Jobs and NeXT present a concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall.
- Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok describe creating Spacewar!, the first computer game.
- Seymour Papert discusses why his LOGO language so powerfully stimulates and reinforces learning.
- Alan Kay describes the era’s foundational work so brilliantly done at Xerox PARC.
- Alvy Ray Smith discusses and illustrates the systems making possible Pixar’s pioneering animated films. (audio and video versions)
Harry McCracken in his Fast Company article says:
This unheard Steve Jobs tape is part of an amazing trove of tech history. When Steve Jobs demoed his NeXT computer at a 1988 user meeting, Charles Mann was there to record it—along with dozens of other talks by computing pioneers…
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Computer pioneer Dan Bricklin says:
The list of who you have on that flash drive is unbelievable! This is those people, these are their words, you get to hear what they’re like, what they were thinking of, what their dreams were about the future as they talk about it – Amazing!”
“Every CS Department should have this.”
-Dan Bricklin, co-creator, VisiCalc, the original personal computer spreadsheet
For a preview, click here for 10 sample clips from the Series including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak.
*What’s included? View the Table of Contents by:
Speaker | Venue | Date
Available Now!
Complete Final Edition Flash Drive 3.0: $59.95
*When there is a sudden surge in demand for the Series, as when Harry McCracken’s article was posted, our Amazon page may show “Currently unavailable”. We will resupply quickly, so please keep checking. You can also order directly from us, see below.
Also Available from Powersharing Inc.
*Includes Free Shipping
Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT computer to the Boston Computer Society at Boston’s Symphony Hall (Nov 1988).
A 3 min. audio excerpt from Program #190 in The Powersharing Series (104 min.)
What is The Powersharing Series
A 3 min. audio excerpt from The Story of The Powersharing Series (14 min.).
Digitally remastered and completed in collaboration with the Computer History Museum, The Powersharing Series now offers on a thumb drive 134 contemporary first-person accounts covering the birth & growth of personal computing 1981-1991.
- Bill Gates presents his vision of the future of the Macintosh.
- Steve Jobs and NeXT present a concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall.
- Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok describe creating Spacewar!, the first computer game.
- Seymour Papert discusses why his LOGO language so powerfully stimulates and reinforces learning.
- Alan Kay describes the era’s foundational work so brilliantly done at Xerox PARC.
- Alvy Ray Smith discusses and illustrates the systems making possible Pixar’s pioneering animated films. (audio and video versions)
Harry McCracken in his Fast Company article says:
This unheard Steve Jobs tape is part of an amazing trove of tech history. When Steve Jobs demoed his NeXT computer at a 1988 user meeting, Charles Mann was there to record it—along with dozens of other talks by computing pioneers…
Read The Full Article
Available Now!
Complete Final Edition Flash Drive 3.0: $59.95
*When there is a sudden surge in demand for the Series, as when Harry McCracken’s article was posted, our Amazon page may show “Currently unavailable”. We will resupply quickly, so please keep checking. You can also order directly from us, see below.
Also Available from Powersharing Inc.
*Includes Free Shipping
Computer pioneer Dan Bricklin says:
The list of who you have on that flash drive is unbelievable! This is those people, these are their words, you get to hear what they’re like, what they were thinking of, what their dreams were about the future as they talk about it – Amazing!”
“Every CS Department should have this.”
-Dan Bricklin, co-creator, VisiCalc, the original personal computer spreadsheet
For a preview, click here for 10 sample clips from the Series including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak.
*What’s included? View the Table of Contents by:
Speaker | Venue | Date
Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT computer to the Boston Computer Society at Boston’s Symphony Hall (Nov 1988).
A 3 min. audio excerpt from Program #190 in The Powersharing Series (104 min.)
What is The Powersharing Series
A 3 min. audio excerpt from The Story of The Powersharing Series (14 min.).