Documenting Technology History: A Decade-Long Effort to Credit Original Inventors
By
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Summary
The author discusses their decade-long effort to accurately document the history of technology inventions, spending over 10,000 hours researching and contacting original inventors to give proper credit for hardware and software innovations. The work involves identifying historical work, self-education, direct communication with inventors, and creating accurate records through personal conversations with those involved in technological developments from decades ago.
Key quotes
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I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an accurate record of their work but I'm not complaining.
The 'as-close-to-possible' truth of invention by individuals or teams meant identifying the work, educating myself, writing questions, and sending emails.
And after that process, I set up a chat because it all gets down to talking to someone on the other side of the world, about something that happened 30 or 40 years ago.
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