Yikes! On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > > > ============================================================ > 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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