Jake Nadal on How to Think Like a Computer
489 views · Published 30 August 2016 · 53:04 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2016 · Education
With a thoroughly entertaining walk through the history of computing, Jake Nadal, the executive director of the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium, Inc. (ReCAP) makes clear the mechanisms of computing. Participants then have a chance to play Internet and see how information is delivered. This talk was part of the AAPB/NDSR Immersion Week hosted at WGBH. (https://ndsr.americanarchive.org/tag/immersion-week/)
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