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A People's History of Computing in the United States
- By: Joy Lisi Rankin
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 77
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a diverse group of teachers and students working together on academic computing systems conducted many of the activities we now recognize as personal and social computing. Joy Rankin draws on detailed records to explore how users exchanged messages, programmed music and poems, fostered communities, and developed computer games like The Oregon Trail. These unsung pioneers helped shape our digital world, just as much as the inventors, garage hobbyists, and eccentric billionaires of Palo Alto.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very mixed feelings
- By Paul on 02-27-19
wow the woke is woven in
Reviewed: 09-27-23
Difficult to follow the history when you are supporting the sociological consequences that early competing is based solely on male testosterone. Grace Hopper, Margret Hamilton, are good examples of early pioneers.
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