Overview
After recording Powersharing Program #133
The Computer Museum in Boston – 1986
Development economist Charles Mann created The Powersharing Series as a curated, edited, high quality collection of 134 recorded presentations about personal computing. Recorded professionally between 1981 and 1991 at the Boston Computer Society, the Computer Museum, and New York computer user group meetings, speakers include computer pioneers telling their stories, industry leaders looking ahead, creators of hardware and software introducing their creations. All programs include the Q and A sessions.
Editor Mann provides narration as needed to provide context, descriptions of graphics, and occasionally, unexpected bursts of laughter. A companion Resource Guide provides information about each presentation and also some observations on their educational uses. The flash drive includes the .pdf file of the Guide plus five tables of contents: all programs sorted by number, speaker, topic, date, venue.
New Digital Edition
By 1991, programs 101 – 190 of the Series had been produced on audiocassettes. In 1991, Mann was posted to The Gambia, West Africa. He put into long-term storage all the Powersharing tapes and studio equipment including the source tapes for the production backlog of 44 programs. Returning to work on the Series in 2013, he began a collaboration with the Computer History Museum to produce digitally the entire Series, including producing the backlogged 44 programs. Assisted by volunteer Associate Editor Tom Frikker and graphics designer Bill Shea, in 2019 Mann completed this digitally remastered, complete flash drive edition of the Series. In addition to the 134 audio programs, the flash drive edition includes 13 videos: Powersharing’s 1982 video Introduction to the Microcomputer; several shorts, and video versions of ten of the audio programs. Also included is a 23 program mini-series of presentations recorded at the Electronic Networking Association Conferences of 1988 and 1989, around the time of the first commercial uses of the Internet.
Overview
After recording Powersharing Program #133
The Computer Museum in Boston – 1986
Development economist Charles Mann created The Powersharing Series as a curated, edited, high quality collection of 134 recorded presentations about personal computing. Recorded professionally between 1981 and 1991 at the Boston Computer Society, the Computer Museum, and New York computer user group meetings, speakers include computer pioneers telling their stories, industry leaders looking ahead, creators of hardware and software introducing their creations. All programs include the Q and A sessions.
Editor Mann provides narration as needed to provide context, descriptions of graphics, and occasionally, unexpected bursts of laughter. A companion Resource Guide provides information about each presentation and also some observations on their educational uses. The flash drive includes the .pdf file of the Guide plus five tables of contents: all programs sorted by number, speaker, topic, date, venue.
New Digital Edition
By 1991, programs 101 – 190 of the Series had been produced on audiocassettes. In 1991, Mann was posted to The Gambia, West Africa. He put into long-term storage all the Powersharing tapes and studio equipment including the source tapes for the production backlog of 44 programs. Returning to work on the Series in 2013, he began a collaboration with the Computer History Museum to produce digitally the entire Series, including producing the backlogged 44 programs. Assisted by volunteer Associate Editor Tom Frikker and graphics designer Bill Shea, in 2019 Mann completed this digitally remastered, complete flash drive edition of the Series. In addition to the 134 audio programs, the flash drive edition includes 13 videos: Powersharing’s 1982 video Introduction to the Microcomputer; several shorts, and video versions of ten of the audio programs. Also included is a 23 program mini-series of presentations recorded at the Electronic Networking Association Conferences of 1988 and 1989, around the time of the first commercial uses of the Internet.
The Story of The Powersharing Series
In this 14 minute film, Series creator Charles Mann relates how and why the Series began as a training video for the Apple II, how it morphed into an audiotape series featuring computer industry pioneers and leaders, and how, with the help of the Computer History Museum, it has been reborn as a digital Series.
What is The Powersharing Series
In 3 minutes, this production uses clips from the Story film to provide a sense of the nature and scope of the Series.
The Story of The Powersharing Series
In this 14 minute film, Series creator Charles Mann relates how and why the Series began as a training video for the Apple II, how it morphed into an audiotape series featuring computer industry pioneers and leaders, and how, with the help of the Computer History Museum, it has been reborn as a digital Series.
What is The Powersharing Series
In 3 minutes, this production uses clips from the Story film to provide a sense of the nature and scope of the Series. .