Patrick McCray

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Writer/history professor @ UC-Santa Barbara & editor of various things
New book ➡ *Making Art Work* w. MIT Press (http://tinyurl.com/z6d3xd58)
Next book...coming soon 🤞

Like hashtags? => #Historian of #science & #technology (#HistSTM) based in #California and #Colorado. I'm interested in the histories of #art & #technology, #ColdWar science, and (currently) histories of #computing.

When I'm not #writing, and it's a good day, I'm outside: #flyfishing #mountainbiking #hiking #surfing

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@LeapingRobot talking about collaborations between Cold War scientists and artists on the Peoples & Things podcast really hits the sweet spot. What a cool premise for a book. Love digging into the roots of STEAM and the MIT Media Lab with Lee Vinsel and Patrick.

https://newbooksnetwork.com/021-patrick-mccray-on-making-art-work

Podcast | Collaborations between Cold War Scientists and Artists

Collaborations between Cold War Scientists and Artists

New Books Network
Will pay reasonable monthly fee for app that shows me the NYT home page but blocks the op-eds.

Who wore it better?

#AI #doomsday

If you are having a bad/silly/stupid day...
Recall that Tim Berners-Lee's 1991 paper on the World Wide Web was rejected so he showed a poster instead
It's 1993 and commercialization of the World Wide Web is starting...
Bluebird morning...

Pleased to be contributing to this via some essays etc.

https://pst.art/

#sciart

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"When Reality Mugged Silicon Valley"
Highly recommend John Tinnell's new book on the history of ubiquitous computing
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