Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads. Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close. ** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
I know bob lucky (http://www.boblucky.com/). He's local (NJ).
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic- bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:27 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
I know bob lucky (http://www.boblucky.com/). He's local (NJ).
Not familiar with him, but I checked out his web site. Lots of Bell Labs / Telcordia experience .... what is his role in computer history?
Yes Bob is mostly known in IEEE circles and a veteran of Bell Labs and Bellcore. His main claim to fame was adaptive equalization which essentially enabled telephone line modems to handle 9600 baud (a fourfold advancement in performance at the time). He would be a good speaker to look back at the evolution of IT (he authored the "Reflections" column for IEEE Spectrum for many years, see http://www.boblucky.com/spectrum.htm ) He's been around the industry a very long time and would probably be able to reflect on the evolution of computing and information technology (and the future). And he still lives in the area.
-----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz [mailto:evan@vcfed.org] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:55 PM To: Glenn Roberts <glenn.f.roberts@gmail.com>; 'vcf-midatlantic' <vcf- midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
I know bob lucky (http://www.boblucky.com/). He's local (NJ).
Not familiar with him, but I checked out his web site. Lots of Bell Labs / Telcordia experience .... what is his role in computer history?
His main claim to fame was adaptive equalization which essentially enabled telephone line modems to handle 9600 baud
I'm aiming higher. Looking for someone more directly involved in computer history. On Feb 18, 2018 5:40 PM, "Glenn Roberts" <glenn.f.roberts@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes Bob is mostly known in IEEE circles and a veteran of Bell Labs and Bellcore. His main claim to fame was adaptive equalization which essentially enabled telephone line modems to handle 9600 baud (a fourfold advancement in performance at the time). He would be a good speaker to look back at the evolution of IT (he authored the "Reflections" column for IEEE Spectrum for many years, see http://www.boblucky.com/spectrum.htm )
He's been around the industry a very long time and would probably be able to reflect on the evolution of computing and information technology (and the future). And he still lives in the area.
-----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz [mailto:evan@vcfed.org] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:55 PM To: Glenn Roberts <glenn.f.roberts@gmail.com>; 'vcf-midatlantic' <vcf- midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
I know bob lucky (http://www.boblucky.com/). He's local (NJ).
Not familiar with him, but I checked out his web site. Lots of Bell Labs / Telcordia experience .... what is his role in computer history?
Would it be easier to just list who is *not* on your list for various reasons? I could brainstorm, but I would at least need better parameters. On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday. Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting. On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;) Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken? On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers
in
organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET?
Well we had Steve Lukasik when back when we started in 2006ish. There's a BBN guy I asked a few times who always said no. Maybe I will try him again.
Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken?
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/archives-show-summaries/vcf-east-archives/ On Feb 18, 2018 10:39 PM, "Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;)
Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken?
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I
know
he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
Alexis Rosen, Founder of PANIX in NYC? On 2/18/2018 10:42 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? Well we had Steve Lukasik when back when we started in 2006ish. There's a BBN guy I asked a few times who always said no. Maybe I will try him again.
Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken?
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/archives-show-summaries/vcf-east-archives/
On Feb 18, 2018 10:39 PM, "Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;)
Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken?
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
I just want to say that I don't think we should consider anyone as too big of a celebrity. If we could get so lucky, someone famous would give the event a huge boost. Nothing wrong with aiming high. I would love to see a VCF East with over 1,000 visitors! On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;) Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken? On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:49 PM, Chris Fala <chrisjpf33@gmail.com> wrote:
I just want to say that I don't think we should consider anyone as too big of a celebrity. If we could get so lucky, someone famous would give the event a huge boost. Nothing wrong with aiming high. I would love to see a VCF East with over 1,000 visitors!
In that case: Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Nolan Bushnell, Paul Allen, Guy Kawasaki, but they are on the left coast, so they don't qualify ;)
On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;)
Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken?
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff
Bill Gates
I've (seriously) tried reaching him a few times via his foundation (Microsoft refers all queries to them). Never got a response.
Steve Wozniak
He spoke two or three times at VCF West in the pre-VCFed days. It's getting harder to book him post-Jobs, but rest assured, your fellow board members and I know do have occasional contact with him. :)
Nolan Bushnell
Possibly. He was recently in some controversy about sexual harassment though .... we wouldn't want to bring that attention to the organization (his actions are certainly not something to be discussed in any detail on this list, however.)
Paul Allen
We tried, as you know. :) Last time he gave a public speech was several years ago when he donated zillions to a university. LCM director told us to keep our expectations low for ever getting him to speak, however, he IS known to show up to such events just as an attendee! :)
Guy Kawasaki
Cool idea. Maybe for VCF West.
Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn? On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn? I've tried. We may have an 'in' with Cerf for a future VCF West edition.
Cerf is east coast mid-atlantic AFAIK? Friend had dinner with him as his girlfriend works with him. Co-worker worked with him maybe too. Lot's of Cerf sightings around the DC burbs here :-) - Ethan
Steven Levy, Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution Author. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Ethan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn?
I've tried. We may have an 'in' with Cerf for a future VCF West edition.
Cerf is east coast mid-atlantic AFAIK?
Friend had dinner with him as his girlfriend works with him.
Co-worker worked with him maybe too.
Lot's of Cerf sightings around the DC burbs here :-)
- Ethan
Of course, same problem no one is in NJ. Maybe there is another author closer by with a relevant work, or someone who wrote for ComputerWorld or something b On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:13 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote:
Steven Levy, Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution Author. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Ethan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn?
I've tried. We may have an 'in' with Cerf for a future VCF West edition.
Cerf is east coast mid-atlantic AFAIK?
Friend had dinner with him as his girlfriend works with him.
Co-worker worked with him maybe too.
Lot's of Cerf sightings around the DC burbs here :-)
- Ethan
Of course, same problem no one is in NJ. Maybe there is another author closer by with a relevant work, or someone who wrote for ComputerWorld or something b
Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen? (Clarence Clemons of E Street Band grew up on same street as me.) Might draw more people but but not those interested in our awesome hobby. Levy would be cool. Just no Markoff!
Steve Ciarcia maybe? Get Outlook for iOS On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:21 PM -0500, "Ethan via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Of course, same problem no one is in NJ. Maybe there is another author closer by with a relevant work, or someone who wrote for ComputerWorld or something b
Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen? (Clarence Clemons of E Street Band grew up on same street as me.) Might draw more people but but not those interested in our awesome hobby. Levy would be cool. Just no Markoff!
He's in Florida, and was in Connecticut before that. -Dave On 02/20/2018 04:28 PM, Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Steve Ciarcia maybe?
Get Outlook for iOS
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:21 PM -0500, "Ethan via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Of course, same problem no one is in NJ. Maybe there is another author closer by with a relevant work, or someone who wrote for ComputerWorld or something b
Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen?
(Clarence Clemons of E Street Band grew up on same street as me.)
Might draw more people but but not those interested in our awesome hobby.
Levy would be cool. Just no Markoff!
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Rich Tennant is another I thought of but he splits his time between FL and MA. Get Outlook for iOS On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:35 PM -0500, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
He's in Florida, and was in Connecticut before that.
Doh! Connecticut isn't far.
We've had the K from AWK, why not the A and W as well? IIRC Aho is still on the east coast. Thanks, Jonathan On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:43 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Rich Tennant
He would certainly be entertaining!
People like that usually work through speaker bureaus and charge $$$ but I will look into it.
While it would be best to have an actual person who was a pioneer in computing related to this forum, they are becoming few and far between. If it's hard to find a keynote speaker now... imagine the future years. I would be partial to the idea of a possible bridge between the "now and then" as a keynote speaker. "Now" being people who are alive and "Then" meaning those who passed away. Such a person could be in the form of a computer historian. After all, wasn't Jason Scott a keynote speaker a few years back? I would nominate David Greelish for example. He has been active as a computer historian, and has done extensive research and published articles for people like Stan Veit. Stan can't tell his story anymore, which is an interesting one at that, but people like David can abstract the history of many major players in early computing and present that information to the newer generations that (I hope) will be attending in future years. On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We've had the K from AWK, why not the A and W as well? IIRC Aho is still on
the east coast.
Maybe! He teaches at Columbia -- same as Stroustrup and our very own Stephen Edwards.
Lawrence Roberts? Phillipe Kahn? Bruce Bastian? On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
I thought you had some sort of list of potential speakers already, from the East coast at the moment, the only one that comes to mind is Carl Helmers, the editor of BYTE Dan -- _ ____ / \__/ Scotty, We Need More Power !! \_/ _\__ Aye, Cap'n, but we've only got 80 columns !!
how about these people, don't they still live on the east coast Kenneth Thompson Brian Kernighan
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> wrote:
Brian Kernighan
(ahem): https://youtu.be/TUWt_StXKsY
oh yea, but that's the year I missed VCF :) Dan -- _ ____ / \__/ Scotty, We Need More Power !! \_/ _\__ Aye, Cap'n, but we've only got 80 columns !!
IBM TJ Watson Research is right up the road from me in Yorktown Heights. Maybe someone from this list is still in the area? https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=1886 <https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=1886>
Maybe too low level, but one of the PCB designers from Commodore Paul A. Rubino is a guy I used to work with. I've messaged him to see if he might be interested in at least attending this year.. He was at C= from March 84 through July 86.. his name was on the Commodore 128 PCB: "RIP: HERD, FISH, RUBINO". On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Mark Dean On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:27 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Love his biography. He'd be great if in the area. If not, maybe for SE On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:02 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Mark Dean
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:27 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Hiya Evan, I have a suggestion, also probably better for VCF-SE, as the guy lives in Florida. His name is Gary Webb, he was one of the original designers of the PCJr system. (He also has the prototype SN#1 of the PCJr motherboard, as well as the engineering-sized schematics for the PCJr.). After IBM, I believe he worked for Hayes (or maybe USR?). He told me some great stories about when the team of engineers were working on the Jr. I think he would be a good speaker, as well as displaying his artifacts. I’ll email you off list with his contact information. On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:18 AM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Love his biography. He'd be great if in the area. If not, maybe for SE
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:02 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Mark Dean
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:27 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> wrote:
Mark Dean
Who's that?
Google it. I found out the name by accident by the presentation of 3rd graders today who picked him for Black History month. They were presenting to the 1st graders. I light up right away when it mentioned that he worked at IBM and mentioned computer technology. Apparently he has done a lot of stuff.
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time. On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time.
I agree there's nothing * stopping * us from doing that, but I'm still focusing on Plan A which is to find exciting new people.
Well, exciting "new old" people. -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 12:51 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time.
I agree there's nothing * stopping * us from doing that, but I'm still focusing on Plan A which is to find exciting new people. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Kind of tongue and cheek... Is John Esak (Scripsit) still alive? How about Howard Wolowitz? Developer of ProFile for the TRS-80 and later filePro and Big Bang name sake (one of the show writers used to work for him). ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> on behalf of Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 12:50 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time.
I agree there's nothing * stopping * us from doing that, but I'm still focusing on Plan A which is to find exciting new people.
Gerd Bonk Olympic power lifter and inventor of the iron curtain clone of DEC's PDP 8, the infamous р / щ к 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Bonk On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:39 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
Never mind, he died in 2014. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote:
Gerd Bonk Olympic power lifter and inventor of the iron curtain clone of DEC's PDP 8, the infamous р / щ к 8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Bonk
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:39 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of time.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close.
** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.
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