[Speakers] [events@computerhistory.org: CHM presents "The PalmPilot Story" - Feb. 26]

[Steve Traugott]

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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 16:32:05 1600
To: stevegt at terraluna.org
From: events at computerhistory.org (Computer History Museum Lectures)
Subject: CHM presents "The PalmPilot Story" - Feb. 26

The Computer History Museum
presents

"The PalmPilot Story"
Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan, Handspring, Inc.
with Andrea Butter, co-author of "Piloting Palm"

DATE & TIME
Tuesday, February 26, 2002
MEMBERS ONLY Reception: 6:00 PM
General lecture seating begins: 6:50PM
Lecture: 7:00 PM

A limited number of copies of the newly-released book, "Piloting Palm,"
will be for sale at both the reception and the lecture. Co-author Andrea
Butter will be available to sign your copy.

LOCATION: Moffett Field
Reception: Computer History Museum, Bldg. 126
Lecture: Moffett Training and Conference Center, Bldg. 3

RESERVATIONS:
Free. Please RSVP by February 19, 2002, with the following information:

Full name
Professional affiliation
Mailing address
Day phone number
Email address

Note that security procedures at Moffett Field have been
relaxed. However, please be prepared to show your photo ID.

Online reservation sign-up will be available on Friday, February 8 at
www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/palmpilot_02262002
or Call 1-650-604-2714.

MEMBERSHIP:
Current members of the Computer History Museum have
purchased a student or senior citizen membership at $35.00
or individual membership at $50.00 or more within the last year.
To become a member, please go to our website at
http://www.computerhistory.org/contribute/support/form/
or call +1 650 604 3470.

ABSTRACT OF TALK:
The late 1980s and early 1990s buzzed with corporations and start ups
trying to develop portable computers that used a pen as the means of
interaction. By late 1993, every one of these efforts had failed. Though
running out of funding, one of these start ups, Palm Computing, went on
to launch the Pilot organizer and Palm operating system, which triggered
the handheld computing industry. In this talk, Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky,
and Ed Colligan discuss the roots of handheld computing, how Palm learned
from failure, and the challenges of battling conventional
technology-wisdom. Andrea Butter, former Palm marketing executive
and co-author of "Piloting Palm" will facilitate the discussion.

BACKGROUND OF SPEAKERS:
Jeff Hawkins co-founded Handspring with Donna Dubinsky in July
of 1998 after their incredibly successful run together at Palm Computing.
In 1994, Hawkins invented the original PalmPilot products and founded
Palm Computing, now a 3Com company. He is often credited as the
designer who reinvented the handheld market.

Donna Dubinsky co-founded Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in July 1998
to create a new breed of handheld computers for consumers. As president
and CEO of Palm Computing, Dubinsky helped make the PalmPilot the
best-selling handheld computer and the most rapidly adopted new computing
product ever produced. Dubinsky currently is a Trustee of the Computer
History Museum.

Ed Colligan joined Handspring to lead the development and
marketing efforts for a new generation of handheld computers. As
the Vice President of Marketing for Palm Computing, Ed Colligan
worked with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky to lead the product
marketing and marketing communications efforts for Palm, including
the successful positioning, launch, and marketing of the popular Palm
product family.

Andrea Butter, joined the then tiny start-up company Palm Computing
as marketing director in 1993. In 1998, she was appointed acting Vice
President of marketing after Palm's leaders - Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky,
and Ed Colligan - left Palm to start a new company called Handspring.
Andrea is the co-author of "Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm,
Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion Dollar Handheld Industry."

For more complete biographies, please go to
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/palmpilot_02262002/

Information about The Computer History  Museum
URL: www.computerhistory.org

DIRECTIONS:
To Moffett Field/NASA Ames Research Center
>From San Jose on 101 North or from San Francisco on 101 South, take
the 2nd Moffett Exit (Moffett Field) to the guard gate at the main entrance
to the NASA Ames Research Center.

>From Highway 85 heading north, take the Moffett Boulevard exit. Turn right
at the end of the ramp. Proceed to the guard gate at the main entrance to
the NASA Ames Research Center.

To the Computer History Museum (Building 126)
>From the guard gate, proceed straight ahead, keeping in the left lane.
Bear slightly left as the road forks onto South Akron Road along the
open green of the Naval Reserve heading for NASA Hangar One. One block
before the hangar, turn right onto Severyns Avenue. Building 126 is on
your left at the end of the block. Please look for the overhead sign
indicating the Computer History Museum.

To Moffett Training and Conference Center (Building 3)
After passing through the Guard Gate, proceed on Clark Road. Bear slightly
left as the road forks onto South Akron Road along the open green of the
Naval Reserve heading for NASA Hangar One. The Moffett Training and
Conference Center is located on your left between Dugan Avenue and
Severyns Avenue.

Parking is available in any of the surrounding lots.

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 16 at 7:00 PM
Charlie Bachman
"The Integrated Data Store (IDS): The Problems and Their Solutions"

May 21 at 7:00 PM
Carver Mead
"The History and Future of Electronic Photography"

September 5 at 7:00 PM
Al Shugart
"Half a Century of Disk Drives and Philosophy from IBM to Seagate"

September 26 at 7:00 PM
Bill Aspray
"von Neumann: From Stored Program Concept to Theory of Computing"

October 22 at 6:00 PM
2002 Fellow Awards Banquet
Fairmont Hotel

Computer History Museum
Building T12-A
Moffett Field, CA 94035
(650) 604-2714 Phone
(650) 604-2579 Main Line
(650) 604-2594 Fax
URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/




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