It was great that people liked the bookmarks, but MakerFairePedia has been more work than I expected so far. If there were exhibits that you liked but I missed, please improve it: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MakerFairePedia
Is anyone other than Cam and I going to Mountain View on Thursday for the PLATO at 50 event? I'm going both days, Cam is going on Thursday evening, if I remember correctly, carpooling down from the East Bay. So let Cam Vilay know if you want to carpool with us. There's a pizza place next door we're thinking about afterward, around 6:15 p.m. or so. Registration is free here: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/listing/plato-at-50/ Directions: http://3.ly/zZv Regards, James Salsman On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:03 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phoebe sent the event below months ago. They've made some adjustments > to their program and made it more specific at > http://www.computerhistory.org/events/listing/plato-at-50/ > > I'm most interested in Program 4 on June 3 at 1:30 (Online Education & > Courseware) but I expect Program 6 at 4pm on online communities will > be more interesting to most Wikimedians. The number of really smart > people in the bay area who think the WELL was the first online > community is surprising, and the information they will be presenting > about PLATO in the early 1960s should be fascinating. > > Do we want to make a meet-up out of it afterward, next door at > http://www.mvpizzeriaventi.com/ ? If so, would 6:00 or 6:30 be > better? > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Computer History Museum <ev...@computerhistory.org> > Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM > Subject: Register Now: pl...@50- Seeing the Future Through the Past > > > Perhaps the greatest untold story in the history of computing is the > development of the PLATO system at the University of Illinois and > later also at Control Data Corporation. Largely unknown today to the > general public, PLATO's list of innovations and seminal influences is > considerable. For the first time ever, this event will assemble many > of the key people involved with the creation of the PLATO phenomenon. > > This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and learn from an > amazing variety of technology innovators, including Don Bitzer, > creator of PLATO and co-inventor of the flat-panel gas plasma display, > Microsoft's Ray Ozzie (who got his start on PLATO at the University of > Illinois), and many others. > > Event Conference Details > > Where: Computer History Museum > 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. > Mountain View, CA 94043 > > Directions http://www.computerhistory.org/directions/ > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1401+N+Shoreline+Blvd,+Mountain+View&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.325633,56.513672 > > When: > > Wednesday, June 2, 2010 > pl...@50: Seeing the Future Through The Past > 6p.m. Reception > 7p.m. Program > > Thursday, June 3, 2010 > All Day Programing > Please visit our website for program details. > > Registration: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/listing/plato-at-50/ > > Free Admission > > To register or for more information on the event, please visit the > Museum’s website. > > Event Sponsor(s) > > > > Upcoming Events — Calendar > > n...@40: The Facebook Effect, Author David Kirkpatrick, and Facebook > CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Conversation with NPR's Guy Raz > Wednesday, July 21, 2010 > Place: Computer History Museum > > The Real Revolutionaries-Film > Wednesday, June 23, 2010 > Place: Computer History Museum > > n...@40: Not Your Father’s Internet: Redefining Digital Culture. > Intel's Dr. Genevieve Bell... in Conversation with NPR's Laura Sydell > Thursday, August 19, 2010 > Place: Computer History Museum > > About the Computer History Museum > > The Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California is a > nonprofit organization with a four-decade history. The Museum is > dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computer history, and > is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts > in the world, encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, > ephemera, photographs and moving images. > > CHM brings computer history to life through an acclaimed speaker > series, dynamic website, onsite tours, as well as physical and online > exhibits. Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing will open > physically and online in January 2011. > > For open hours and more information, visit our website or call (650) 810-1010. > > © 2010 Computer History Museum - 1401 N Shoreline Blvd - Mountain > View, CA 94043 - (650) 810-1010 > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
