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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 3.

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43 Backers

For $1 or more you will receive my deepest gratitude plus the option of having your name listed on a sponsors list on the Computing the Human Experience website. Additionally, you can become an Outreach Partner. We'll give you a widget you can add to your website, designating you as a Friend of Computing. Spread the word about our project in your community! Facebook it. Tweet it. Sing it from the mountain tops.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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75 Backers

For $10 or more you will receive all of the above plus we will send you quarterly emails filled with updates and photos about our project, Computing: The Human Experience.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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45 Backers

For $25 or more you will receive all of the above plus a Computing: The Human Experience magnet to place on your refrigerator or robot of your choice.

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

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7 Backers

For $30 or more you will receive all of the above plus two free admissions to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

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64 Backers

For $50 or more you will receive all of the above plus a handwritten note (remember those? It will be a collector's item someday!) from Grady thanking you for your support.

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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5 Backers

For $70 or more you will receive all of the above plus one year of individual membership to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which gives you unlimited admission, a subscription to the CHM Digital Quarterly Newsletter and the digital version of Core Magazine, and priority access/free admission to CHM lectures.

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

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For $100 or more you will receive all of the above plus quarterly emails of Grady's speaking schedule as well as the opportunity to meet with him one on one at an event at which he is speaking (travel and expenses not included). Bring your book (he'll autograph it for you) and bring your camera (he'll take a picture with you, and post it on the Friends of Computing website).

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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For $125 or more you will receive all of the above plus a copy of the official guide to the Computer History Museum's Revolution: The First 2000 Years, an official "super geek" t-shirt, and a CHM Revolution pin.

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

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For $250 or more you will receive all of the above plus a personal phone call from Grady Booch thanking you for your donation.

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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For $500 you will receive all of the above plus a one hour phone call (or a face to face meeting if it requires no travel) with Grady for you or your aspiring Computer Scientist. Talk dreams, plans, schemes and hopes. Grady will listen, advise and mentor.

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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For $1000 or more you will receive all of the above plus we will put your or your loved one's name hidden somewhere in Grady's next book (it might appear in an example, in the index, or in an acknowledgement). Part of the fun is discovering where you are! Additionally, if we make the $50,000 that we need to make the timeline app, you will also receive a copy of the app.

Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

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For $5,000 or more you will receive all of the above plus you will be able to be part of a small select Facebook group that is able to be in conversation with Grady regarding the content of our project. Additionally, if we make the $75,000 that we need to produce the teaser DVD, you will receive all of the above plus a THANK YOU during the CREDIT ROLL of the teaser.

Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012

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For $10,000 or more you will receive all of the above plus a limited edition Grady Booch bobble head/action figure! Put it next to your computer to add some supercharged mojo! (The collectable will be delivered in March; all the other other goodies will be delivered according to the schedule above).

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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Grady is a world-renowned computer scientist who has dedicated his life's work to improving the art and the science of developing software-intensive systems. Grady is an IBM Fellow – IBM’s highest technical position – and serves as Chief Scientist at IBM Research. Given his remarkable accomplishments to the field of computing, Grady has also been given the honor of Fellow for the two primary professional organizations of computing, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has written six best-selling books, has published hundreds of technical articles, and has lectured extensively around the world to many audiences, both technical as well as non-technical.

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