Episode 0022—No PARCing
10/10/19 • 37 min
In the early 1970s, Xerox ruled the office copier world and had the vision to establish the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as an innovation catalyst for new technologies that would enable it to expand its place as a technology leader. PARC was the place where the first personal computer, computer network, graphical user interfaces, and computer mice all had their start—none of which became part of the next phase of Xerox.
How might the world be different today if Xerox had the vision to be the company that delivered the visionary advances spawned by its own creation—PARC—to the world?
The commercial for the Xerox Alto—arguably the first “personal computer”:
Steve Jobs Audio: Interview from “Triumph of the Nerds” (1996)
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In the early 1970s, Xerox ruled the office copier world and had the vision to establish the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as an innovation catalyst for new technologies that would enable it to expand its place as a technology leader. PARC was the place where the first personal computer, computer network, graphical user interfaces, and computer mice all had their start—none of which became part of the next phase of Xerox.
How might the world be different today if Xerox had the vision to be the company that delivered the visionary advances spawned by its own creation—PARC—to the world?
The commercial for the Xerox Alto—arguably the first “personal computer”:
Steve Jobs Audio: Interview from “Triumph of the Nerds” (1996)
Theme Music: Conquer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Website: www.aforkintimepodcast.com
E-Mail: [email protected]
You can follow A Fork In Time on….
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On November 25th, 1120, the vessel known as “The White Ship” sank of the Normandy coast taking the life of William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of England Henry I. This event led to a period in English history known as “The Anarchy”.
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In 1701, The Act of Settlement is passed by Parliament to cement the succession of the English and Irish crowns to Protestants only while also establishing a key foundation of the constitutional monarchy in what would become Great Britain.
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