Ancestors

Written by jessitron on 2024-12-27 at 23:52

The trick to enjoying history is

knowing more about history.

Each book is more interesting for everything I already know that it intertwines with.

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Written by Michael Carducci on 2024-12-28 at 16:51

@jessitron what inspires you most from history? What about technology history in particular?

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Written by jessitron on 2024-12-29 at 13:12

@Michaelcarducci what's your favorite chunk of history to read about?

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Written by Michael Carducci on 2024-12-29 at 20:31

@jessitron My gateway drug was "Fire in the Valley" chronicling the history of the PC. That led to reading about Douglas Englebart and Ted Nelson, which took me to Vannevar Bush's essay "As we may think" (1945)

I really like all the history of technology as there are so many forgotten ideas that power our lives that we simply take for granted. I also enjoyed Kernighan's "UNIX: A history and a memoir"

More broadly I like learning about the creativity that emerges from working under constraints.

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Toot

Written by Michael Carducci on 2024-12-29 at 20:33

@jessitron Currently, I'm reading "Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator" which begins with ancient counting systems through the various breakthroughs that led to the pocket calculator. Because I'm a dork I bought a slide rule to play with. (I haven't figured out how to use it).

I'm also interested in how camaratas encourage cross-pollination of ideas and encourages interdisciplinary thinking and creativity. The idea of putting a lot of smart, curious people together...

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Descendants

Written by Michael Carducci on 2024-12-29 at 20:37

@jessitron with different mental models and cognitive tools to germinate new ideas and approaches. I have a decade of benefit from the informal camarata that is the NFJS Tour. It's truly remarkable what happens when you put the right people together who all want to grow, learn, and discover.

Your "The origins of Opera" remains my all-time favorite tech talk. Did you see Eli Holderness' "Language Games" at craft this year? https://craft-conf.com/2024/talk/language-games

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Written by jessitron on 2024-12-30 at 13:22

@Michaelcarducci I did see Eli's talk! I sort of remember it.

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