CHM panel: Social Computing 7:00 Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006

WHAT The Computer History Museum Speaker Series presents Social Computing: From Messages Boards to Blogs & Beyond with Erik Fair, Randy Farmer, Reid Hoffman, Mena Trott, and Kara Swisher, Moderator WHERE Computer History Museum Hahn Auditorium 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 WHEN Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Member Reception 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Wine provided by The Mountain Winery) Lecture 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM REGISTRATION Free. Suggested donation of $10.00 at the door from non-members. To register or for more information on the event, please visit the Museum's Web site at: or Call (650) 810-1005. ABSTRACT Bring your honey, bring a friend or come solo to the Computer History Museum on Valentine's Day. Join Usenet guru Erik Fair, virtual worlds pioneer and Yahoo! Community Strategist Randy Farmer, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and Six Apart co-founder Mena Trott, together with top Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher, to hear fascinating personal stories and perspectives about social computing: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Valentine's Day surprises will abound. BACKGROUND Odysseys in Technology, the Computer History Museum Speaker Series Sponsored by Sun Labs, presents people and perspectives behind extraordinary achievements in the high technology-related world. Each event in the Series provides stimulating interaction with authentic experts whose achievements have transformed how things are done or viewed, and examines how their personal stories can enrich our present-day insight and inspiration. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS Mon, Feb 27, 2006: The Rise of Silicon valley: From Shockley Labs to Fairchild Wed, Mar 15, 2006: Pioneering the Laptop: Engineering the GRiD Compbutt 1100 The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a public benefit organization with a 25-year history as part of the former Boston Computer Museum, preserves and presents for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. The Museum is dedicated to exploring the social impact of computing and is home to the world's largest collection of computing-related items -- from hardware (mainframes, PCs, handhelds, integrated circuits), to software, to computer graphics systems, to the Internet and networking. The collection also includes photos, films, videos, documents, publications, and advertising and marketing materials. For more information, please visit www.computerhistory.org or call 650.810.1010.