Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: Steve Jobs
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A {Racing} Bicycle for the Mind: Helmet Recommended
If the personal computer is a bicycle for the mind, then a supercomputer is a carbon fiber composite racing bicycle.
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Signing Up, Making A Difference: Shackleton, Musk, and Computing
Find your passion; sign up; take some risks; make a difference. Your future self will thank you.
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Informatics, Sugar Water and Revolution
If the Anthropocene defines human impact on the Earth’s ecosystems, then the Information Age defines computing’s impact on our own interactions.
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One Life to Live
The world lost two innovators in computing. About the first, Steve Jobs, much has been written, but far less about another pioneer of computing, Dennis Ritchie. Richie’s passing was not noted with great fanfare, but he made a difference. All of us in computing honor that.