Stewart Brand, Stewart Brand's List of Layout Tools. A list of the tools Whole Earth Catalog editors used to lay out their catalog. It illustrates the level of technological sophistication needed to put together a magazine in the late 1960s.
Raines Cohen, Stephen Howard, The State of the User Group. "We're still trying to figure out exactly what BMUG's Philosophy is, and whether there is such a creature. We know this much: it has its roots in The Hacker Ethic and Berkeley Radicalism, as well as in the jaded cries of computer users we represent." Published in BMUG Newsletter (Fall/Winter 1987), 15.
Reese Jones, BMUG After One Year. Co-founder Reese Jones' reflections on the state of BMUG after one year. "Th[e] excessive demand for the types of services BMUG provides suggests various things about the computer industry and computer education at the University level. There is a tremendous need for a source of objective and realistic advice to the user and to the potential computer user.... We try to provide through BMUG the information that we wanted to find out for ourselves, but couldn't, without help." Published in BMUG Newsletter (Fall 1985).
Scot Kamins, Introduction[to SF Apple Core]. Scot Kamins describes founding SF Apple Core. Published in Ken Silverman, ed., The Best of Cider Press 1978-1979 (San Francisco Apple Core, 1979).
Theodore Roszak, From Satori to Silicon Valley. An electronic version of Theodore Roszak's From Satori to Silicon Valley, based on his Alvin Fine Memorial Lecture, presented at San Francisco State University in 1985, and first published later that year. The book explores the relationship between the counterculture's views of technology, the development of personal computing and the Internet, and the rise of Silicon Valley's distinctive local culture. The electronic version includes illustrations, some of which were used in the Fine and other lectures presented by Dr. Roszak, and is broken into several pages for easier reading online.
Theodore Roszak, The Times They Keep A-Changin'. Introduction to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, The Gathering of the Tribes. Section 2 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, Organic Commonwealth and Buddhist Anarchy. Section 3 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, A Taste for Industrial Light and Magic. Section 4 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, Reversionaries and Technophiles. Section 5 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, Machines of Loving Grace. Section 6 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, The Short Cut to Satori. Section 7 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, The Light That Failed?. Section 8 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, A Vision Both Bright and Dark. Section 9 of From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Theodore Roszak, Nerds, Zombies, and the Flight from Mortality. Section 10 of From Satori to Silicon Valley. This section was written by Dr. Roszak for the electronic version of this essay, and appears here for the first time.
Theodore Roszak, Down Among the Cyberpunks. Section 11 of From Satori to Silicon Valley. This section was written by Dr. Roszak for this electronic version of this essay, and appears here for the first time.
Ed Seidel, What a Users' Group Ought To Be. Describes the philosophy behind the founding of the Yale Macintosh Users Group. "The mission of our group... is to explore the possibilities of the Macintosh. This process can be frustrating or impossible for the single user, but as a group our efforts can be fruitful and enjoyable. As a group we can potentially provide great benefit to everyone involved, but the key word is involved. We need to be more than just a source of public domain software (although we are that!); by getting together we can explore the Macintosh together." Published in The DeskTop Journal 3 (Winter 1984), 3.
Chris Espinosa, Chris Espinosa on user groups, Chris Espinosa discusses his experience with user groups, their connection to the counterculture, and the tensions in relationships between user groups and Apple.
Reese Jones, Reese Jones on pre-Macintosh computing. Reese Jones talks about his pre-Macintosh computer experience, and his background with computer user groups and other technology-focused groups. He discusses his exposure to computers as a graduate student in biophysics; his interest in personal computing; his connections to phone hackers, SIGs, and the Homebrew Computer Club; and the audio magazine The Absolute Sound as a literary influence on the BMUG Newsletter.
Sandy Miranda, Sandy Miranda on Counterculture and Computing. Sandy Miranda talks about the relationship between the counterculture and development of Apple's philosophy. From an interview with Sandy Miranda, 14 April 2000.
Stewart Brand, Kaibab Navajo boot. Review of Kaibab Buckskin boots, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Plan for teepee. Plan for teepee, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Buckskin jacket. Photograph of buckskin jacket, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Bow and arrow. Page showing bow and arrow, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Editorial staff in tree. Editorial staff in a tree, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Moog synthesizer (1 of 2). Photograph of a Moog synthesizer, from the First Whole Earth Catalog. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Stewart Brand, Moog synthesizer (2 of 2). Photographs of Moog synthesizers, from the First Whole Earth Catalog (1968). Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Buckminster Fuller, Manhattan geodesic dome. Artist's rendering of Buckminster Fuller's proposal for a geodesic dome to cover Manhattan, New York, NY. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Rick Guidice, Space Colonization. "Space Colonization," painting by Rick Guidice (1978). Guidice is an artist who produced a number of works for NASA of proposed spacecraft, instruments, and space colonies. (For more images, see the NASA Ames Imaging Library Server.) Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
John Rampley, Positively 4th Street (detail, 1 of 2). Detail from John Rampley "Positively 4th Street," mural (1976). According a description on the Ecopsychology Online Web site, "Positively Fourth Street is a work of artistic prophesy that brilliantly expresses a period in our recent countercultural history. Painted on several wooden panels in 1976 by the San Francisco muralist John Rampley, it has occupied a number of locations around the city, most recently at Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay where it is, unfortunately, suffering considerable damage from the weather." Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
John Rampley, Positively 4th Street (detail, 2 of 2). Detail from John Rampley "Positively 4th Street," mural (1976). Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, Man at harvest. Photographs of man at harvest, holding a bunch of flowers, from Foxfire. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, People's Park. Group in People's Park. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, Noble savage. Noble savage with family, 15th century France. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, Hippies. Group of hippies. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, Interior of "Dragon House". Interior of "Dragon House," New Mexico. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Unknown, Island 3 space colony. Artist's rendition of the interior of a space colony proposed by Gerard K. O'Neill. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
Matthew Yuricich, "Blade Runner" artists' rendition. Rendition of the skyline of Los Angeles in 2019 AD, by matte artist Matthew Yuricich. Illustration to From Satori to Silicon Valley.
