
About Xerox Alto
A computer designed to be used with a mouse, keyboard, monitor, and printer could sound like any computer you've used, all made possible by a graphical user interface used on the Xerox Alto. Tom explo...
5 Sep 202411min

About Smalltalk
The way you interact with computers was probably shaped by a small team working at Xerox in the 1970s. Tom explains the history of Smalltalk.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript here. Hosted on Acast...
8 Aug 202412min

About Ethernet
Computers talk to each other via networking, most commonly over a wired ethernet connection. Tom explains how that started and why it was such a breakthrough.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript here...
5 Juli 202416min

About Xerox PARC
In 1969, the chief scientist at Xerox, Jack Goldman, decided to found a west-coast research center in Palo Alto, right down the road from Engelbart's SRI. Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center or PARC was...
20 Juni 202415min

About GPUs
Tom explains what GPUs are, why they are different than CPUs, and how they kinda just evolved into a product.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
6 Juni 202412min

About Login
Tom discusses the origin of the term "log in", it's early use, and how it became something most of us do every day.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
24 Maj 20249min

About Virtual Korea
The last 120 years or so have seen tons of change for Korea, but what does the future hold? Tom shares what one heir is doing with their legacy.Featuring Tom Merritt.Episode transcript here. Hosted on...
18 Apr 202412min



















