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      Grady Booch on February 11

      Thanks David, for putting us on your site! (And BTW, the leftmost bar in the graph is for 65+)

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      David Camm on February 8

      grady - cool ideas (the demographics and the image).

      1. the image is now part of the sidebar on my website (www.advwebsys.com)

      2. the graph seems to leave out us senior citizens!

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      Helena on January 3

      Congrats for successful funding! #FTW! :)

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      Grady Booch on December 28

      Gypsy, What city are you in? We want to record my lectures so they can be put on YouTube and public television and by doing them at the Computer History Museum we have access to their professional equipment and staff - that is not to say that we have to do all the lectures in California, though. We would just need to figure out a way to get them recorded if I were to do them elsewhere. (We also don't have to record them all so getting sponsored to do a lecture in your city is certainly a possibility)

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      Gypsy Rogers on December 28

      Grady, When you are ready to do the lecture series please be sure to let us know what it would cost to sponsor you to lecture in our city. I'm connected to enough local groups of Computer Scientists and the like that I might be willing to sponsor you to come here for one of your lectures and get people from my local groups to attend... and If I'm willing to do it I expect there are others that are as well.

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      Grady Booch on December 28

      You are right Tom! We don't know exactly what broadcasting will look like when this series is ready in 2014 - it might still be network television like PBS, BBC or HBO, or it might be streaming over the web, or it might even be something that hasn't been invented yet (or some combination thereof)! What we do know is that "Computing: The Human Experience" is going to be a world class production and it will be made easily available to people all over the globe - for computing is truly a global story.

      As for coming to Washington to do a lecture - there is always a possibility of that - but my lectures will also be put on our YouTube channel and possibly public television as well so even if I don't make it to Washington it will be easy for you to see.

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      Tom Thomas on December 28

      Grady, I thought the series was going to be available via TV, YouTube or some other easily accessible medium? Since the series will be available via broadcast stations or the internet I’ll be able to watch it from home even without DVDs. I agree with Gypsy that traveling to California to see the Computer History Museum is not in the cards currently. Although hopefully you will have a lecture in Washington state so I can come see you live!

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      Grady Booch on December 27

      Gypsy, I do understand your desire for a DVD once the series is made, but we didn't want to promise something that's too far in the future. However, the lecture series - which this Kickstarter project will help kick start - will be something that's publicly accessible.

      (But thank you for your contribution! You'll be getting updates as Computing unfolds, and so will be among the first to know when the various bits and pieces of the project are released)

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      Gypsy Rogers on December 27

      I was a little bummed.... I dug through the list of levels and none of them included "You get a copy of it on DVD once it's made"... that was the level I wanted to pledge at because making it to the museum to see it just isn't going to happen for me. :(

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      Sean Kenney on December 27

      There are only three words that I can think of: Awesome!! Awesome!! Awesome!!

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      Lynne Van Tilburg on December 27

      Congratulations! You've exceeded your goal. I'll try and think of some great dance music!

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      Tom Thomas on December 18

      Very much agree Rob! To everyone reading this, please help spread the word through your network to help KickStart this project.

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      Rob Daly on December 17

      Great idea and great project. Hoping to hear of a successful raise well before January 3.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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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