History

This page contains resources on the history of computers, electronics, technology, and tools for design and fabrication.

History of the Electronics and Computers

• Awesome Computer History - A Github based Awesome list
• Computer History Museum Exhibition
  • Digital Logic
  • The Web
• As We May Think by Vannevar Bush (1945) / Brainpickings Summary
• The Mother of all Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968) / Wikipedia
• The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
• Command Line Heroes (Podcast) - Great podcast covering all sorts of historical moments in computing technology.

History of the Internet

• Internet Basics - A great reference of fundamental terminology and technology powering the Internet.
• Computer History Museum: Internet History 1962 to 1992
• Brief History of the Internet
• A Brief Guide to the History of the Internet w/ Timeline
• The History of the Web
• The True Story of the Internet: Browser Wars
• What’s difference between The Internet and The Web ?
• Run the Very First Web Browser from 1990, WorldWideWeb

History of Web Languages

• A History of HTML
• A Brief History of CSS until 2016
• A Brief History of JavaScript
• How browsers work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers

History of Operating Systems

• History of Linux
• History of MacOS
• History of Windows

History of Programming and Code

• What is Code?
• History of Computer Programming (Graphic)
• History of Programming Languages
• History of Computer Languages - The Classical Decade, 1950s
• Casey Reas on Coding: You need to be Able to Read and Write

History of Scripting

• The Rise of Scripting Languages by John Ousterhout (March 1998)

History of CAD

• What Is CAD? – Simply Explained
• History of CAD/CAM - This is a great overview of the historical milestones in CAD.
• 60 Years of CAD Infographic: The History of CAD since 1957 - The most comprehensive visual history of CAD I have come across in recent years. Looks like it was updated in 1029.
• History of CAD software
• Computer-aided design (Wikiversity)
• History, Present and Future
• The Engineering Design Revolution: The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering By David E. Weisberg
  • Chapter 2: A Brief Overview of the History of CAD
• Vintage Photos: Life Before AutoCAD

History of CNC / CAM

• History of CNC Machining, Part 1: The People, Stories, and Inventions That Made Today’s Tech Possible
• History of CNC Machining, Part 2: The Evolution from NC to CNC
• History of CNC Machining, Part 3: From the Factory Floor to the Desktop
• The Edge Podcast by Bantam Tools

History of 3D Printing

• Reprap
  • The Official History of the Reprap Project - Everything you ever wanted to know about the beginning of open-source 3d printers.
  • Reprap.org
  • Reprap Family Tree
• Print the Legend - A documentary on the early days (~2007-2014) of desktop 3d printing. Centers on the open-source Makerbot and closed-source Formlabs evolution.

History of Parametric Design

• Parametric Design: a Brief History
• Parametric Design: What's Gotten Lost Amid the Algorithms

History of Video Games

• Gaming Historian
• A Brief History of Graphics - 5 part series
• A Brief History of Video Games

Open Worlds

• Open World Origins
• Redefining Open World - A case study on the impact of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on open world games.
• Why Breath of the Wild’s Great Plateau Is Gaming’s Greatest Tutorial | Art of the Level
• Why Do Open World Games Feel Exhausting?
• The Making of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild