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Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 2.16 Thoughts on Computing, Technology Access) (3m53sec)
In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.16 "TRANSCRIPT": 67m44sec ... looking back, looking ahead (on computing and technology access) ... (on computing) the computer is my employee ... I use it to produce efficient work ... I use it to save time, so that I can reinvest that time in being an "equalizer" ... the computer buys me a lot of time ... 69m42sec ... (on access) kids always bring cellphone, never bring pencils ... it's not about access - it's an attitude (priority), aptitude, and altitude issue ... 71m20sec - 71m33sec audio becomes unsynced during my rant about technology access not being as big an issue as resource priority ... 71m37sec ...
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By Derrick BrownIn June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.16 "TRANSCRIPT": 67m44sec ... looking back, looking ahead (on computing and technology access) ... (on computing) the computer is my employee ... I use it to produce efficient work ... I use it to save time, so that I can reinvest that time in being an "equalizer" ... the computer buys me a lot of time ... 69m42sec ... (on access) kids always bring cellphone, never bring pencils ... it's not about access - it's an attitude (priority), aptitude, and altitude issue ... 71m20sec - 71m33sec audio becomes unsynced during my rant about technology access not being as big an issue as resource priority ... 71m37sec ...