Sorry, Owen, but... http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/kodaks-building-53-to-be-imploded-saturday/25731/Ng_5Sa9yekm7rjTpuNe7lw
Sent with MailTrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&[email protected]&idSignature=22> ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org> - Region 9 <http://www.spj.org/region9.asp> Director *Check out It's The People's Data <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ============================================ On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I lived in Webster NY just outa Rochester, the Xerox facility there. > Worked for them '72-'80 in the research lab. Job included bringing back > tech from PARC to Webster. I had the second Alto computer at WRC. > > Wow what great times! Most "engineers" there were in mathematics or > physics. Computer Science was not taught then, although UofR started it up > shortly after I started. Lunch conversations were only things we dream of > here, although we're improving considerably. > > Kodak was always conservative. I worked with some of them on color theory > for printers. Boy did they have it nailed. Sneered at PS & PDF but it cost > them. > > They basically built half of Rochester and several important cultural > venues. Caused a huge housing boom, which made inexpensive housing > ubiquitous. My first house was $17K! Nearly tripled in value by the time I > left. > > -- Owen > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made >> him hide it. >> >> http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/made_this_kodak_employee_invented_QnYp4iCrFXYwagdCRzszeP >> >> Hmmm. Both Kodak and Xerox, of Xerox PARC, were based in Rochester, NY. >> Could it be the Great Inhibitor was in the water? >> >> TJ >> >> ᐧ >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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