Fall 2022 Message and Update – Paul Gray PC Museum

Happy Fall! I am pleased to share news of the Paul Gray Personal Computing Museum’s ongoing and expanded programming.

Serious Fun: Representation and Popularity In Early PC Gaming, is an opportunity to join a conversation with Benj Edwards, tech historian, veteran technology journalist, and current AI and Machine Learning Reporter for Ars Technica. As a journalist, Edwards broke stories about the importance of software preservation, early video game history, the first computer art, minority and female tech pioneers, and online service archeology. A collector of vintage computers and video games, Edwards shares his expertise on his blog Vintage Computing and Gaming (VC&G) and is a regular contributor to the Retronauts podcast.

Harry McCracken, technology journalist and current editor for Fast Company, will moderate the conversation.

Check out the PGPCM’s newest online exhibit Covering PCs: Harry McCracken’s Cover Collection, a virtual showcase of influential magazine covers from 1982 to 2018. Explore significant headlines from the point of view of veteran technology journalist and former editor of TIME, PC World, and Technologizer, Harry McCracken. Highlighting significant moments, trends, and changes in the technology industry, McCracken’s selection includes the best-selling issue of PC World, a how-to guide on connecting to the internet, and what an NBA superstar does to lower technology’s impact on our lives.

Through our Sound Bytes initiative, the PGPCM is building a video archive highlighting the experience and expertise of our speakers from Decoding the Past. In these micro-interviews, participants reflect upon their most memorable experiences with personal computers and share their recommendations for our collection. Check out our latest installment of the series with Harry McCracken.

You can view earlier Sound Byte videos and keep up to date with all the museum’s happenings on the director’s blog HERE!

We look forward to seeing you all virtually on October 26th for Decoding the Past with Benj Edwards.

We embark on a new year at the Paul Gray Personal Computing Museum with excitement, welcoming our 3rd Student/Executive Director. We congratulate Bailey for her appointment and honor our past directors who have already gone on to exciting and high-level positions in museums since their graduation from CGU. Our student-driven leadership team has given all of us a great deal of pride in the work of the past and confidence in the future. Please join us in paying homage to the museum’s past and to its exciting future with an essential donation. The museum is funded entirely by donations from its supporters. Strong support for the museum guarantees these transitions will only add to our continued success. Please click here to donate now!

Joshua Goode

Associate Professor of History and Cultural Studies and Director of the Museum Studies Program at CGU