An Oral History of the Internet

I just finished reading "An Oral History of the Internet." I learned a lot that I never knew before. I found I could relate this article to the book Little Brother we are reading for Multi-Modal class. I suggested during class this was a book boys could really get into. In the online article, Steward Brand suggested the engineers working on email and other things were all male. The article itself, only had one female's picture and audio clip. It had multiple pictures of men. I feel technology has a stereotype of being mianly associated with males. Another comparison I made between the book and the article was there was a lot of "techy" language I did not really understand. It would have been easier to comprehend if some of the terms were explained in greater detail.

I was surprised to learn AT&T did not think "packet switching" would work and wanted nothing to do with the early learning process. Boy, did they miss out!