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.
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Remarkable People
Xpress Yourself: Pride, Stonewall, and Tim Gill
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Quark software founder Tim Gill has played an important role in ensuring that historic sites related to LGBTQ+ communities are protected and preserved.
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From the Collection
Computing’s Woodstock
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
CHM is delighted to announce the release of twenty never-before-seen video recordings of the legendary 1976 Los Alamos Conference.
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Projects
Technology + Art
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Art and computing grew up together. CHM is showcasing a selection of early computer films made between 1963 and 1972 in its in-house theater and online from June 1 to September 1, 2022.
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CHM Live
Creating Disruption
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Tony Fadell had a hand in creating some of the most influential devices of all time, including the iPod, the iPhone, and the Nest thermostat. He shares insights on how to build great products, companies, and leaders.
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CHM Live
The First Smartphone
Friday, May 13, 2022
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades attempted to build the modern smartphone. Hear about the story of Handspring from two cofounders.
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CHM Live
There at the Creation
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Klári Dán von Neumann is a computer programming pioneer who worked on the Monte Carlo simulations of atomic and thermonuclear explosions immediately after World War II. It's time to tell her story.
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CHM Live
Stewart Brand’s World of Ideas
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
John Markoff explores how Stewart Brand influenced a generation with the Whole Earth Catalog and saw the future of technology before everyone else.
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CHM Live
Playing Games With AI
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Can an AI bot created by a team of researchers beat world champion human gamers at the incredibly complex video game Dota 2?
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Curatorial Insights
Ukraine’s Software & Computer Museum
Thursday, March 31, 2022
The Software & Computing Museum in Ukraine is under threat from Russian bombs. It's personal for CHM Senior Curator Dag Spicer.
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Behind the Scenes
Mission Impossible: CHM Edition
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Follow a dedicated team of museum professionals and others as they race to preserve an important collection in record time.