Lee Felsenstein livestream Sun. June 14 at 1PM (Eastern): https://youtube.com/live/Js6R3OIxiKY *Title*: A Look at Personal Computer History and its Future. *Description*: Why did personal computers come into existence? What happened to the confident predictions for the future of microprocessors? Why and how did a stratum of ordinary people develop their skills to take control over the direction of the most consequential technology that was headed in a different direction? From the vantage point of 54 years of participation in the personal computer industry I will offer some observations and viewpoints which may help to explain how we got here and why each of us is a consequential player in one of the world's most exceptional and unpredictable processes of mass participatory technological development. Because of their very nature as programmable handlers of information we have already seized control of the direction of personal computers -- we now stand at the threshold of their futures facing many different possible paths, not all of which are positive. We have, as individuals and collectively as a community, accomplished great things, and I hope to make the case that we have the opportunity, by honoring and applying what we have learned, to take the technology to new places such that we continue our process of expanding human possibilities, while having fun at the same time. See you there! Jeff Brace