IBM Chief Scientist to Launch TV Series on Computing

Grady Booch, a chief scientist at IBM Research, and his wife Jan have launched a project to tell the story of computing in an 11-episode TV series similar to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.

I need your help in telling a story, the story of the technology that has changed humanity: computing.

Why Is Computing Important?
Because the story of computing is the story of humanity.
Computing is a story of ambition, passion, invention, creativity, vision, avarice, and serendipity, powered by a refusal to accept the limits of our bodies and our minds. From the abacus to the iPad, from Gutenberg to Google, from Enigma to GPS, we have created computers to count the uncountable, remember beyond our own experiences, and see the invisible as well as the unforeseeable. To explore computing is the 21st Century equivalent of Cousteau exploring the sea, of Hughes exploring modern art, and of Burns exploring the American experience through the Civil War, baseball, and jazz.
In just one or two generations – an imperceptible time in the timeless sweep of the universe – we have created a technology that has the power to extend us, to transform us, to define us, perhaps even to destroy us.

Who Are We?
I am Grady Booch an IBM Fellow, co-creator of UML and Object Oriented Programming – and general braniac and onscreen presenter/host. I know that I cannot do a project this big by myself and so I have gathered around me other people smarter and more creative than me. My wife Jan is a theologian and psychotherapist; she is my co-creator and advisor whose job is to keep it real. Seth Friedman is an award-winning writer and creative director; he is our co-creator and scriptwriter.

More:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1747241049/computing-a-documentary-of-the-human-experience?ref=card

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Chief-Scientist-to-Launch-TV-Series-on-Computing-340515/

Quote:
The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic. Grady Booch