Happy Birthday Herman Hollerith, the overlooked pioneer of modern computing
I’ve written a blog post over at IT PRO about Herman Hollerith, one of the founders of IBM and the man who pioneered modern data entry computing
Please take a look.
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- Mary Branscombe Another fellow IT journalist, and married to Simon Bisson
- Simon Bisson A fellow IT journalist and techy
- Tudor Davies A friend of mine from the old Amiga days, and of course from the AFB-OT and AFB-Movie Yahoo Groups
- Rob Ashwell A really well-written and fun to read blog from a friend and colleage on the PR side of the wall.
- Ewan Spence Anyone who followed the 2005 Open Tech conference coverage will have heard the now legendary iPod Shuffle Shuffle story. Ewan was the man behind the most talked about physical hacking demo of the year. And yes, I now see the funny side of it
- Armand David A fellow geek and a technology PR professional. Very good end-user techy blog
- Getting Ink Great blog examining the world of journalism and PR, with practical advice and some excellent industry stories
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- Geek Dinner Think of it as a supper club for people who are deeply into their computers and gadgets
An annual horror film festival in London’s Leicester Suqare. This year’s event, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the festival, takes place from August 27-31 2009 at the Empire Leicester Square cinema on the north side of the Square- News Now Automatically searching 20040 news sources every 5 minutes
- BBC News Online The world’s most read news site, funded by the British TV licence fee
- LANSE LANSE: LAN Parties in the South East of the UK (based in High Wycombe)
Podcasts
- Nate and Di Show Podcasting from their home in a self-storage facility in Charleston, South Carolina, Nate and Di are a 25 year old couple podasting on whatever fits their twisted moods
- Planet TV One of the best-produced video podcasts out there. Every day Lucian produces an extensive show bringing together news, current events and showcasing some of the stranger things on the web - a must-see show!
Sport
- Queens Park Rangers FC The football team I support
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