SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series with John Markoff
Organization:
Software Development Forum (SDForum)
Category:
Business
Geographical Area:
San Fran/Silicon Valley
Start
Date:
6/8/2005
End Date:
6/8/2005
Start Time:
6:00PM
End Time:
9:00PM
Event
Info:
In this talk highlighting themes from his new book, Markoff tells the story of the how military funding of basic research, anti-war activism, and readily available psychedelic drugs converged on the mid-Peninsula in the 1960's to create a unique political and cultural environment that led to development of the personal computer.
John Markoff is a senior writer for the New York Times, and co-author of "Cyberpunk: Outlaws and hackers on the Computer Frontier" and the best selling "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw". He is a three-time Pulizer Prize nominee.
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