CHM Blog
The CHM blog showcases ideas and insights from our vibrant community in Silicon Valley and around the world. We take you behind the scenes of our programming, collections, and exhibits. Connecting the past to the present and into the future, we decode technology for everyone.
Guest Blog
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Guest Blog
Sphere: A Pioneering Early Microcomputer, Rediscovered
Saturday, October 10, 2026
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition
Friday, April 10, 2026
In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a computer made history. This is the story of the small team that pulled it off.
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Generative Music with the Muse
Friday, January 23, 2026
Unpacking the mysteries of the rare Triadex Muse from the early 1970s, the first algorithm-based sequencer/synthesizer intended for home consumers.
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PDP-1 Sings Boards of Canada
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
CHM volunteer Joe Lynch unpacks how Peter Samson's Harmony Compiler programmed the DEC PDP-1 to play music like Boards of Canada's "Olson."
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RAMAC History Comes Alive
Monday, July 14, 2025
At age 93, Nicholas F. Garcia, may be one of the last people around who worked at IBM’s first R&D lab on the West Coast, in the center of what would become Silicon Valley. His daughter tells his story.
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Programming in Harmony
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Discover the roots of computer music and the development Harmony Compiler, one of the earliest pieces of music-making software to be distributed to users.
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IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
When IBM hired designers in the 1950s to shape how the public would see the new computing technology, the tech giant changed modern corporate branding forever.
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Logical Piano Lessons
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
The Logical Piano looks like an early digital computer, but perhaps what links this Victorian device most profoundly with today's computers is, ironically, the fact that it was not about computing.
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AI Gives Two Teens Hope for COVID-19
Friday, April 23, 2021
Two teens explore AI research to shift their perspective from the personal effects of COVID to the bigger picture, bringing them hope that technology can help.
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Unprecedented: Gen Z’s Right to Vote
Friday, October 16, 2020
Gen Z first-time voters share their thoughts and concerns about elections in today's digital world.