SHOT 2017 Plenary #media

One week from today Donna Riley and I will be giving the opening plenary at the 2017 conference of the Society for the History of Technology in Philadelphia. The theme... more

Starting a New Role #media

I am pleased to have been appointed the chair of the Informatics department of the newly renamed School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. I look forward to serving my colleagues,... more

Contextualizing the Google Manifesto #media #research

“We’re just starting to acknowledge the work that these women did — but that’s a fault of our history, not a function of their lack of presence. They were invisible,... more

Computing is Work #research #media

On July 6-8, the Universität Siegen is hosting an international conference on computing and work organized by Thomas Haigh & Sebastian Gießmann. The idea behind the conference is that “close... more

History of Computer Dating #media

National Geographic has produced an excellent series on the history of sex and sexuality. As part of that series, they ran an episode on sex and technology. If you watch... more

SHIFT-CTRL at Stanford #research #media

In early May I will speaking at the SHIFT-CTRL conference at Stanford University. The conference, which is being convened by Tom Mullaney and Ben Allen is aimed at exploring new... more

The Dirty Bits Traveling Show #research #media

I have been traveling and talking about my new environmental history of computing project a fair bit recently. I am particularly excited about my forthcoming talk at the University of... more

The Art of Software Maintenance #research #media

It often surprises my students when I tell them that as much as 60-80% of all software development effort (time and money) goes into software maintenance. After all, software is... more

Hipster HoC @ SXSW #media

On March 12 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX, I will be presenting as part of a panel on the untold history of women in computing. If... more

Debugging the Gender Gap #media

Watch the trailer The CODE documentary, directed by Robin Hauser, exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises... more