https://www.verboon.info/tags/personal-computing/Recent content in Personal-Computing on Anything About ITHugoen-usSun, 26 Apr 2009 17:18:35 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2009/04/the-early-days-of-personal-computing/Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:18:35 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2009/04/the-early-days-of-personal-computing/<p>While usually we focus on what is happening today and what might come tomorrow, it’s quite interesting to look back in a while and learn how we actually got there. </p> <p>By searching the web for historical tech content, I came across the website of the <a href="http://www.computerhistory.org/">computer history museum</a> located in Mountain View – California.</p> <p>I then found this very interesting video “Personal Computing: Historic Beginnings” presented by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay">Alan Kay</a>. The presentation is about 110 minutes long, but definitely worth looking at if you’re interested in the history of personal computing.</p>