For this trip I went to The New York Historical Society to learn about the history of computers in New York. Before we went there we were in Central Park learning about storytelling so it could help assist us in our interactive story project. We found out the story of the monuments. Then when we went in The New York Historical Society we saw a movie about the history of New York. Then we went on with our tour about learning the history of computers. I learned about Silicon City. I learned about inventions that have been invented to solve problems. One of them is The Punched Card System which was designed to count the nation's population fast because the census took too long. This object solved this problem by recording data on cards punched with holes which could be read by tabulating machines. Another technological innovation that solved a problem was IBM's System/360 that could tackle virtually any task simply by changing software. The problem it solved was that early computers were built only for a specific task so there wasn't computers that had multiple tasks but with this object you could perform multiple tasks by changing the software. Beginning in the 1960's, New Yorkers in a number of different fields started using computers for work outside the fields of science and business. IBM made computers seem exciting and user friendly for the public with their designed logo and also with the small computers. As computer technology has changed, the computers became smaller and were able to perform more tasks. I saw how computer technology changed music and gaming.
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