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David C. Brock

@dcbrock

Works at the Computer History Museum, but everything here is solely my fault.

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Historic Apple Buildings Walking Tour with Early Employees
Historic Apple Buildings Walking Tour with Early Employees YouTube video by Computer History Museum

My wonderful colleague Hansen Hsu organized this walking tour of the first Apple facilities with some of Apple's first employees.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCV...

12.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Computer History Museum Recovers Rare UNIX History
Computer History Museum Recovers Rare UNIX History YouTube video by Computer History Museum

A short documentary by the Computer History Museum on my colleague Al Kossow's incredible work to recover an essential version of Unix from a tape found at the University of Utah.
youtu.be/-xlq_MPWNKk

12.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different YouTube video by Computer History Museum

An absolutely incredible event on the history of Apple at the Computer History Museum. The launch of David Pogue's new book, "Apple: The First Fify Years."
www.youtube.com/live/w8wt0LB...

12.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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> @covie93.bsky.social

28.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 25946 πŸ” 5447 πŸ’¬ 247 πŸ“Œ 188

My guess is they will try before the general election

28.02.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how he gets the public bailout.

28.02.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

2 Days Left! Call for Applications: ACM History and Archiving Fellowship program, due F. 28th '26 The ACM History Committee plans to support up to five research projects with awards of up to $4,000 each. Graduate students through senior researchers eligible. #histsci

history.acm.org/wp-content/u...

26.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've transcribed dozens of interviews. With rare exceptions, everyone speaks with those um/uh tics, little restarts, hesitations, and most of us speak in sentence fragments with emphases, tones, pauses that create coherence not replicable in print. Spoken and written are distinct. Translate fairly.

16.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 738 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

man I can't wait until all this is over and we can just hang around in the library and goof off, read about Cecil Beaton or whatever without a care in the world

13.02.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why wouldn’t you just say β€œnew valuation.” It’s entirely redundant and confusing.

12.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What does β€œpost-money” mean?!

12.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I will look into what's going on!

04.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution

The new episode of the Computer History Museum's "Decoding Tech" podcast features my conversation with W. Patrick McCray about his new book from MIT Press, README.

open.spotify.com/episode/4h49...

02.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a look back at the code that built our world. At the Software Heritage Symposium in Paris, we're visiting the Source Code Exhibition. See it online: https://www.sourcecode-exhibition.softwareheritage.org
#SWH10 #OpenSource

28.01.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They do have a process for doing this, but it’s lengthy!

27.01.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unicode

27.01.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so enraging.

23.01.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
CHM Live | Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution
CHM Live | Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution YouTube video by Computer History Museum

Here's the recording of my conversation with Patrick McCray (@patrickmccray.bsky.social) about his new book from MIT Press, README, at the Computer History Museum. Audio podcast to follow.
youtu.be/reeVfmw4sbI

22.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Me Whether you’re an expert, student, or simply curious, how can you truly grasp what is happening in computing? One powerful answer has endured: β€œRead a book!” In Readme, historian W. Patrick McCray exp...

If you're in the Palo Alto area on January 20, I'll be having a conversation about my new book et al. with @dcbrock.bsky.social at the Computer History Museum.

It will also be live-streamed...

computerhistory.org/events/read-...

18.01.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Me Whether you’re an expert, student, or simply curious, how can you truly grasp what is happening in computing? One powerful answer has endured: β€œRead a book!” In Readme, historian W. Patrick McCray exp...

Looking for a chance to think about something fun and interesting? Join us in-person or on-line at the Computer History Museum on January 20th to hear @patrickmccray.bsky.social talk about his new book (about books about computing), README.
computerhistory.org/events/read-...

12.01.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Me Whether you’re an expert, student, or simply curious, how can you truly grasp what is happening in computing? One powerful answer has endured: β€œRead a book!” In Readme, historian W. Patrick McCray exp...

If you're in the Palo Alto area on January 20, I'll be having a conversation about my new book et al. with @dcbrock.bsky.social

computerhistory.org/events/read-...

29.12.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New CO2-holding #batteries can store 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, stabilizing the grid when renewables need a break. It takes less than two years to build and only requires 5 hectares of flat land to construct. spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-...

08.01.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Steel Pulse - Jah Pickney, Rock Against Racism - Live 1979
Steel Pulse - Jah Pickney, Rock Against Racism - Live 1979 YouTube video by NeatLittleMan

Evergreen. β€œWe’re going to hunt the National Front.”

youtu.be/ubMmsu1sdMs?...

12.12.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
DC Public Library

No Library Wrapped from us β€” we don't track what you read. DCPL protects your privacy.

DC Public Library No Library Wrapped from us β€” we don't track what you read. DCPL protects your privacy.

DC Public Library with a friendly reminder πŸ“š

06.12.2025 12:13 πŸ‘ 2609 πŸ” 617 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 20

What is the depreciation schedule for a hyperscaler’s data center? For a non-hyperscaler? @edzitron.com? @karenhao.bsky.social? @bcmerchant.bsky.social?

05.12.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you place a bet on Kalshi that DJT will pardon SBF?

04.12.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Publication Day to those who celebrate...README is out in the world via @mitpress.bsky.social

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348...

My new book is a book about books about computing...enjoy!

02.12.2025 12:32 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

21.11.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 1088 πŸ” 414 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 33
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My new book will be out in early December 2025 via
@mitpress.bsky.social

Details at: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348...

#HistSci #Computing #History #Books πŸ—ƒοΈ

09.11.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
A membership card from the TSR Role Playing Game Association dated 1983.

A membership card from the TSR Role Playing Game Association dated 1983.

Rolling into freshman year of high school with this in-wallet.

27.10.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0