About Xerox Alto
A computer designed to be used with a mouse, keyboard, monitor, and printer could sound like any computer you've used, all made possible by a graphical user interface used on the Xerox Alto. Tom explores…
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About Smalltalk
The way you interact with computers was probably shaped by a small team working at Xerox in the 1970s. Tom explains the history of Smalltalk.
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From room-sized machines to barely an inconvenience on your desk, laser printers are in nearly every office. But where did they start? Tom explores the origins of the laser printer.
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Computers talk to each other via networking, most commonly over a wired ethernet connection. Tom explains how that started and why it was such a breakthrough.
Open episode or article →About Xerox PARC
In 1969, the chief scientist at Xerox, Jack Goldman, decided to found a west-coast research center in Palo Alto, right down the road from Engelbart's SRI. Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center or PARC was far…
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Tom explains what GPUs are, why they are different than CPUs, and how they kinda just evolved into a product.
Open episode or article →About Login
Tom discusses the origin of the term "log in", it's early use, and how it became something most of us do every day.
Open episode or article →About Virtual Korea
The last 120 years or so have seen tons of change for Korea, but what does the future hold? Tom shares what one heir is doing with their legacy.
Open episode or article →About ByteDance
With all the talk about banning TikTok in the United States, Tom dives in to explain who actually owns and controls its parent company, ByteDance, and why there's so much discourse about security.
Open episode or article →About Black Friday
What's really being celebrated on Black Friday and is it the biggest shopping day in the world?
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