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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CHM Live
How IARPA’s Technologies Are Protecting the National Security of the United States
Friday, August 4, 2017
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) was created in 2006 to advance the development of research and technology used to achieve the intelligence goals of the United States and “avoid technological surprise.”
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Curatorial Insights
Rediscovering “Mockingbird—A Composer’s Amanuensis”
Thursday, July 27, 2017
One day, while I was going through the videos in our archive at the Computer History Museum, I came across an interesting title: Mockingbird—A Composer’s Amanuensis. I instantly realized this was the video that I’d been waiting for ever since I started exploring computer music.
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Guest Blog
VENTURE: An Entrepreneur’s Journey — A Synopsis
Friday, July 21, 2017
“VENTURE: An Entrepreneur’s Journey” will be screened at the Computer History Museum on Friday, July 28, 2017. The screening will be followed by a panel session on entrepreneurship and globalization. Learn more and register here.
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Behind the Scenes, Software History Center
Restoring Yesterday’s “Computer System of Tomorrow”: A Conversation with Curator & Xerox Alto Restorer Al Kossow
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
The Software History Center at the Computer History Museum is restoring two Xerox Alto computers, part of the center’s Alto System Project. Today’s computers and connected devices are direct descendants of some of Alto’s early innovations.
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Education
Google X’s Camille Eddy Shares Her STEM Journey at Computer History Museum’s Design_Code_Build Community Program
Friday, July 14, 2017
Saturday, June 10 began like so many Saturdays at the Museum. A group of CHM educators and community partners, all dressed in purple t-shirts, hurried about as they prepared Hahn Auditorium for another Broadcom Presents DesignCodeBuild event. There was a sense of anticipation and eagerness as the team prepared for what
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Museum News
Welcome Steve Smith, Interim President & CEO of the Computer History Museum
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen S. Smith as its interim president and CEO as of July 1, 2017.
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CHM Live, Guest Blog
A Journey into Digital Art: Reflections by Photoshop Hall of Famer Bert Monroy
Thursday, July 6, 2017
I’ve been drawing since I was two years old. I had been getting in trouble my entire life for drawing in class, and on the suggestion of one of my teachers, I tried out for the High School of Art and Design. I majored in advertising and illustration while learning from masters of their trade. Later, I attended the Scho
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Curatorial Insights, Exponential Center
Happy 10th Birthday, iPhone!
Thursday, June 29, 2017
By 2006 it was already clear to most people in the computing industry that the future was mobile. The cell phone was on its way to becoming the most common electronic device on earth, with over 2.7 billion users. Yet it was almost equally clear that the main events wouldn’t happen in Silicon Valley, or even the United
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CHM Live, Exponential Center
Creating Magic: A Conversation with Original iPhone Engineers & Software Team Lead Scott Forstall
Thursday, June 22, 2017
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after it acquired NeXT, he brought with him a close-knit group of engineers. One of them was Scott Forstall, a young software designer who had come to NeXT directly from Stanford University.
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CHM Live
How Affectiva’s Rana el Kaliouby Is Engineering Emotional Intelligence
Saturday, June 17, 2017
What could your computer or phone do if it knew what you were thinking? Are men or women more expressive? Do cultures express their emotions differently? And what is the Mona Lisa thinking already? Affectiva knows.