Of interest to SF Bay Area IP folk (fwd)

["David J. Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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To: dave () farber net
Subject: Of interest to SF Bay Area IP folk
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:16:49 -0700 (PDT)


                      SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series


                                  John Markoff
                            What the Dormouse Said:
      How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Time: Registration, Networking:, and Book signing 6:00 PM,
      Program 7:00 PM

Location: PARC Auditorium, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto (Directions)

Speaker: John Markoff, Staff Technology Writer, The New York Times

Subject: What the Dormouse Said:  How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped
the Personal Computer Industry

Introduction: Dan Gillmor, Author, We The Media
Panelists: Dennis Allison, Bill Duvall, Lee Felsenstein, Larry Tesler

Event URL: 
http://www.sdforum.org/sdforum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=1693&mo=6&yr=2005

series URL:
http://www.sdforum.org/dss



ABOUT THE TALK

In this talk, highlighting themes from his new book, Markoff tells the
story of the how military funding of basic research, anti-war activism,
and readily available psychedelic drugs converged on the mid-Peninsula in
the 1960's to create a unique political and cultural environment that led
to development of the personal computer.

John Markoff is a senior writer for the New York Times, and co-author of
"Cyberpunk: Outlaws and hackers on the Computer Frontier" and the best
selling "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's
Most Wanted Computer Outlaw". He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.


PANEL DISCUSSION

Markoff's talk will be followed by a panel discussion including Markoff
and four of the key figures whose work Markoff has chronicled:

Dennis Allison was co-founder of the Peoples Computer Company, created
Tiny Basic, and was a founder of Dr. Dobbs Journal. He is currently a
lecturer in the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford and works as an
independent consultant.

Bill Duvall worked in Doug Englebart's Augment group at the Stanford
Research Institute, where he wrote the software that sent the first
ARPANet message, and subsequently moved to Xerox PARC.

Lee Felsenstein ran the Homebrew Computer Club, and designed the Sol and
Osborne 1, two of the original personal computers. He is currently a
partner at the Fonly Institute, a consulting and research organization
focused on developing groundbreaking products that place computer power
in the hands of ordinary people.

Larry Tesler worked at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
(SAIL) and later Xerox PARC and Apple, where he was Vice-President and
Chief Scientist. He is currently Vice-President and Research Fellow at
Yahoo, where he heads their User Experience and Design Group.


BOOK SIGNING

Borders Books will host a book signing for John Markoff and Dan Gillmor
during the networking reception before the
talk.


REGISTRATION

Cost: $15 for pre-registered members of SDForum and Co-Hosting
Organizations (Computer History Museum, Institute for the Future, ACM San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter, Chinese Software Professionals Association),
$25 for all others. At the door, add $5 to member and non-member prices.

Registration:  Online at
http://www.sdforum.org/sdforum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=1693&mo=6&yr=2005 ,
or by calling the SDForum office at (408)494-8378.

Special student rate:  Students with valid student identification can
pre-register for $10 by calling the SDForum office at (408)494-8378.

NOTE THAT PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 2 PM THE DAY OF THE EVENT.




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