Father of the Personal Computer

Biography of an African American inventor, a pioneer in computing and the Internet. [PDF]

Biographical details for many of the people who have played an important part in the foundation of Information Science.

Commentary on Bush's classic 1945 article 'As We May Think', which many view as the first clear description of hypermedia; by a class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

In the 1960s, Licklider published his ideas on the future role of multiaccess interactive computing: 'Man-computer Symbiosis', and 'The Computer as a Communication Device'. Downloads in 5 formats.

An original member, Bob Lash, shares memories, photographs, stories, diagrams from the early days of personal computing.

An interview with Monte Davidoff regarding the 4K BASIC interpreter he wrote with Gates and Allen.

Introduction to the works of Peter Naur, legendary Danish computer scientist, key in the creation of Algol 60, the N in BNF. Online papers, bibliography, book. English, Dansk.

Open Source spokesman and author of the New Hacker's Dictionary. Resume, writings, speaking engagements, FAQ, and links.

Algorithm and data structure researcher (see also Knuth and Dijkstra)

Pictures of people who have made a mark in any of the following: programmable computer systems, computer networks, the Internet or the security involved with those systems.

The father of the Unix operating system

Long-time chairman of IBM (very brief bio)

Wikipedia biography of one of the pioneers of the Edsac computer at Cambridge, who helped to develop programming language. Includes links to obituaries.

Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]

One of the foreground figures in research into human/computer interaction and natural language systems

A collection of interviews with notable IT people, including computing and Internet pioneers.