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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Museum News
2021 Patrick J. McGovern Tech for Humanity Prize Winners
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
CHM announces the winners of the inaugural Patrick J. McGovern Tech for Humanity Prize, honoring a Luminary for a lifetime of impact in tech for good and two Changemakers for their commitment to using technology to shape a better future.
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Guest Blog
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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Remarkable People
Remembering Charles M. Geschke: September 11, 1939–April 16, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Charles “Chuck” Geschke, Adobe cofounder and 2002 CHM Fellow.
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CHM Live
Idealists, Big Tech, and AI
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
How do we deal with machines that learn faster than us? Especially when we don't know exactly what and how they're learning? New York Times journalist Cade Metz dives into the strange world of AI research.
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Award Programs
Building the Future Together with 2021 CHM Fellow Ray Ozzie
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Celebrate new 2021 CHM Fellow Raymond Ozzie at our virtual awards ceremony, with tributes and stories from tech leaders and pioneers.
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CHM Live
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Monday, April 5, 2021
Tech in Silicon Valley has failed at diversity efforts. Can Silicon Valley build a more inclusive future? Experts weigh in.
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Curatorial Insights
Patricia’s Perfect Pull: A Crystal Grower’s Story
Friday, March 26, 2021
In February 2020, Patricia Anderson wrote to the Museum, offering to donate a set of objects and documents she had kept safe for 50 years. They were from her work as a young woman in Silicon Valley, where she worked as a “crystal puller”—an operator of manufacturing equipment for making the key materials for semiconduc
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Remarkable People
Meet 2021 CHM Fellow Honoree Raymond Ozzie
Thursday, March 25, 2021
CHM Fellow Ray Ozzie stumbled across the future in 1974. His life's work has been bringing it to the rest of us. What can the next generation of online communities learn from earlier models—from the future that Ray and others glimpsed so long ago?
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Software History Center
For Whom Does Data Work?
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Private sector firms create, gather, and sell data about us for their profit, and not necessarily—or even secondarily—for our benefit. But India is creating a new market structure aimed at putting data to work for people.
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CHM Live
Should We Fear AI?
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Is there more to fear or to hope from artificial intelligence technologies today and into the future? A virtual town hall provided information and context to help us all become better informed digital citizens.