MyLifeBits
Special Event 17 April, MyLifeBits - Experiment in Lifetime Storage
Seminar at Museums Workshop and Social Events
Dear Museum, History and Library Contacts We hope that you or a colleague can join us for some or all of the events. RSVP is by Monday 14th April (see section at end) Robert Gray (FIT) for Monash Museum of Computing History (MMoCH)
Events Schedule
All rooms are in building B. For a map of the Caulfield campus see
http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/caulfield.html
o Item1: Seminar 3-4pm Lecture Theatre B215
o Item 2: Workshop 4.30-5.30pm. Tutorial Room B224
o Item 3: Social : 6-7pm in Computing Museum Space (to meet Gordon Bell and to network)
Events Information
1. Seminar
A special seminar hosted by Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (COSI), the Monash Museum of Computing History (MMoCH) , FIT and Monash University e-Research Centre (MeRCS), with guest speaker, Gordon Bell from Microsoft.
Gordon Bell will speak about his latest work in developing the MyLifeBits project which is an experiment in using multimedia to record every aspect of his daily life. This includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed and presented. The digital world has presented us all with a vast amount of ephemera. The MyLifeBits project seeks to record these in a personal transaction processing database.
Gordon has a long career in the computing industry starting with 23 years (1960-1983) at Digital Equipment Corporation as Vice President of Research and Development, where he was responsible for Digital's products. He was the architect of various mini- and time-sharing computers (e.g. the PDP-6) and led the development of DEC's VAX and the VAX Computing Environment. Currently Gordon is a principal researcher in Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, working in the San FranciscoLaboratory.
2. Workshop: Building Computer Museums
Gordon will give an informal talk on “building computer museums” for supporters of the Monash Museum of Computing History (MMoCH).Gordon started the Computer History Museum when he was working at Digital Equipment Corporation and realized that the history of computing needed to be preserved. The Computer History Museum is now housed in Silicon Valley, California.Gordon will speak about his involvement with establishing the Museum and guiding it through its various stages of development.
3. Social Gathering - Meet and greet Gordon Bell 6pm around the environs of the Monash Museum of Computing History
RSVP
RSVP required by Monday 14 April, 2008
Note: the numbers are limited, especially for the workshop, so please ensure that you RSVP for all or some of the program.
RSVP to marketing@infotech.monash.edu.au
For further information about this event please contact Barbara Ainsworth of the Computing Museum via barbara.ainsworth@infotech.monash.edu.au or judy sheard via judithe.sheard@infotech.monash.edu.au
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