Women And The Intellectual Origins of Computing
Read more: Women And The Intellectual Origins of ComputingLanguage, abstraction, and reliability before contemporary intelligent systems When computing history is reconstructed retrospectively, attention tends to gravitate toward machines: hardware innovations, institutional laboratories, or moments in which technological capability visibly expanded. Such narratives privilege technical artefacts while leaving in the background the conceptual work that made those artefacts meaningful. The development of computing did…
David Bowie’s EMS Synthi AKS and Electronic Innovation in Music
Read more: David Bowie’s EMS Synthi AKS and Electronic Innovation in MusicDisclaimerThe following article contains dangerously high levels of geekery. Expect unrestrained enthusiasm about oscillators, patch matrices, algorithmic cut-up techniques, and the uncanny resemblance between David Bowie’s Verbasizer and modern-day GPTs. Side effects may include compulsive rewatching of Bowie interviews and a sudden desire to spend $20,000 on vintage electronic gear. Reader discretion is advised. David…