On 21/03/2011 01:24, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote:
> For anyone attending the LiveCode dev conference in April, if you're not > from the area, I'd strongly suggest allowing a couple of hours one day to > visit the Computer History Museum, located in Mountain View, about a 1/2 > hour away from the conference venue. > <http://www.computerhistory.org/> > > Housed in a refurbished building that was once part of the Silicon Graphics > campus, the exhibits start with historical devices, through mechanical and > early electrical machines for business, consumer, and military use, up > through the common digital computers and devices of today. The route > through the exhibits is a bit maze-like, but the whole experience is > beautifully designed, with several short video installations, and includes a > bunch of interesting side-note pop culture computing info, in addition to > the rich history. All the big names and companies (and those not so big) > are represented, and for those of you still clinging to the bygone days of > programming, you'll be happy to know one of your favorites is displayed, > still in its shrinkwrapped glory: > <http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/exhibit.jpg> > > Note the museum is only open Wed - Sun, so plan your visit accordingly. I'm not ready to announce anything yet but just so you know... We are looking at whether we can organize a group trip to this museum in an evening as part of the conference. Please stay tuned. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Compile-free coding, the faster path to better apps _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
