#IEEE online #computerGraphics event starting shortly. (Sorry for the short notice!)

"The presentation of an IEEE Milestone recognition is attracting the greatest constellation of computer graphics superstars to the University of Utah campus March 23-24. Hear from luminaries Ivan Sutherland, Ed Catmull, John Warnock, Alan Kay and others as they tell how Utah changed the world of computer graphics and visualization."

https://www.price.utah.edu/ieee-milestone-events

IEEE Milestone Events - The John and Marcia Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah

The John and Marcia Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah
Utahโ€™s graphics pioneers - @theU

The U will host a historic event on March 23-24 celebrating visionaries who developed computer graphics.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

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The last comment during the first panel made me think of Fred Brooks and his seminal book The Mythical Man Month.

In an early chapter, I learned to appreciate that taking software from a working prototype takes roughly an order of magnitude more work to make it a fully-debugged product.

@johnlogic Just a reminder that you can still buy the original #UtahTeapot from its original manufacturer in #Friesland:

https://frieslandversand.de/teekanne-1-4l-weiss-utah-teapot

That factory is just a couple of miles from my in-laws house in #Ostfriesland

Teekanne 1,4l WeiรŸ Utah Teapot

Die Teekanne 1,4 l von Friesland Porzellan, retro und modern, im Stil der 50er Jahre darf auf keinem Tisch und in keiner Kรผche fehlen.โ€ฆ

Friesland Porzellan