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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
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Jack Tramiel personally appeared, together with his son Leonard, on a 1985 "Computer Chronicles" to discuss the Atari 520ST. Gary Kildall, of course, was the chairman of Digital Research, which developed the GEM graphical interface used in the ST's operating system. Paul Schindler commented that he thought the ST--dubbed the "Jackintosh" by the press--could pose a significant threat to Apple's pos
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"Finally, pity the poor Macintosh workers at Apple. In the heyday, one benefit for the Mac team was company paid-for massages at your workstation. They were called 'stress reduction treatments.' But with a little pain in the muscle of Macintosh sales, Steve says, 'No more back rubs.'"
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Jim Edlin appeared in a 1983 "Computer Chronicles" to demonstrate "WordVision," a word processor he developed and published through his company, Bruce & James. It was a barebones outfit Edlin and his partner, Bruce McGloghlin, ran from Edlin's kitchen table. (Their launch press conference was held at a Palo Alto McDonald's.) At one point, the company's "customer service" line was only staffed 1 ho
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wen…
George Morrow on Steve Jobs:
"Most of us in the early days had entrepreneur's sickness—we wouldn't do anything that would dilute our control of our companies. Steve Jobs of Apple was the only one smart enough to see that he had to give awa…
I think I've now entered the era of "Computer Chronicles" where just about every guest will become involved in some sort of dot-com bubble-era fraud.
I didn't expect to spend the afternoon reviewing an $8 million fraud judgment against a guy who appeared on "Computer Chronicles" 37 years ago, but hey, it turned out to be a nice little side quest!
The best part of reviewing an episode where there's a segment at a trade show is I need to go through every item mentioned, and in many cases correct factual errors or even identify the item they're talking about because the narrator could…
Jim Edlin appeared in a 1983 "Computer Chronicles" to demonstrate "WordVision," a word processor he developed and published through his company, Bruce & James. It was a barebones outfit Edlin and his partner, Bruce McGloghlin, ran from Edl…
My September newsletter on "Computer Chronicles'" 1989 coverage of AI came in at around 8,500 words—or in Imperial units, not even half an Ed Zitron rant!
https://www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chronicles-revisited-138/
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"Finally, pity the poor Macintosh workers at Apple. In the heyday, one benefit for the Mac team was company paid-for massages at your workstation. They were called 'stress reduction treatments.' But with a little pain in the muscle of Maci…
Jack Tramiel personally appeared, together with his son Leonard, on a 1985 "Computer Chronicles" to discuss the Atari 520ST. Gary Kildall, of course, was the chairman of Digital Research, which developed the GEM graphical interface used in…
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On a serious note, Wendy wasn't just the longtime news reporter for "Computer Chronicles." She was also the editor of Newsbytes News Network, one of the first online services covering the t…
Asking for anyone out there who knows about #accessibility: What's the best way to review/structure a PDF for screen readers? I've recently transitioned my blog to a PDF newsletter and want to ensure people who need to use a screen reader …
In this month's issue, I discuss Peter Hart, the onetime head of SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center who later joined Fairchild Camera & Instrument to build "the world's first AI center in a commercial operation" before leaving to start S…
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