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I am a historian of sci. & tech. w/ a focus on the cultural, social, and business history…
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How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on a QWERTY keyboard with only a few dozen keys? Honored to…
How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on a QWERTY keyboard with only a few dozen keys? Honored to…
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For one week only (through May 24) you can get 50% off "In the Land of the Unreal" (and all other Duke Press books!) through the publisher's website.…
For one week only (through May 24) you can get 50% off "In the Land of the Unreal" (and all other Duke Press books!) through the publisher's website.…
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Brilliant review of Lisa Messeri ‘s UNREAL (which I’m currently reading), and a great dive into ethnography as a methodology 🙏🏼
Brilliant review of Lisa Messeri ‘s UNREAL (which I’m currently reading), and a great dive into ethnography as a methodology 🙏🏼
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Computer: A History of the Information Machine, 4th edit.
Routledge
See publicationCo-authored (Campbell-Kelly, Aspray, Yost, Tinn, Con Diaz) historical survey/textbook of computer, software, networking, & our digital world.
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Making IT Work
MIT Press
See publicationUses case studies of companies large and small to explore the history of the vast computer services industry and its many segments and how they evolved as well as the social history of labor, work, and gender. Computer services is a trillion-dollar industry and the largest of the IT industries, which Yost explores through the histories of Diebold, IBM, Computer Sciences Corporation, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, Control Data, Gentry Services, and many others to illuminate understanding of the social…
Uses case studies of companies large and small to explore the history of the vast computer services industry and its many segments and how they evolved as well as the social history of labor, work, and gender. Computer services is a trillion-dollar industry and the largest of the IT industries, which Yost explores through the histories of Diebold, IBM, Computer Sciences Corporation, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, Control Data, Gentry Services, and many others to illuminate understanding of the social, business, and economic history of consulting, programming services, systems integration, maintenance, time-sharing, and cloud services that have transformed the world.
"Jeffrey Yost provides an indispensable road map for anyone interested in the rise and evolution of the vast computer services industry. His authoritative study shines bright light on a vital but underappreciated element of the Information Age."
―Steven W. Usselman, Professor of History, Georgia Institute of Technology; coeditor of The Challenge of Remaining Innovative: Insights from Twentieth-Century American Business
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Hey folks, let's have a little chat about construct validity --- this is the concept that if you're going to use a psychological test, there should…
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New Review Essay on Lisa Messeri tremendous new book, & more broadly ethnography & tech, social hopes, & false dreams of tech solutionism. Also…
New Review Essay on Lisa Messeri tremendous new book, & more broadly ethnography & tech, social hopes, & false dreams of tech solutionism. Also…
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SUNY Poly is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Russell has been chosen to serve as the university’s provost, a role he has held in an interim…
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It was a pleasure to speak at the Nordic Innovation Summit yesterday in Seattle — and to bring some perspective on AI from human values and…
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