The Context for the Programmer’s Coloring Book

One of my favorite primary sources for the Computer Boys book was the Programmer’s Coloring Book.  In fact, I recently used a cartoon from that series for a forthcoming article in Information & Culture that I wrote about the history of the software flowchart.

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It is only recently, however, that I learned about the larger popularity of adult coloring books (no, not that kind of “adult”…). in the 1960s.  Laura Marsh at the New Republic has a brilliant new article on The Radical History of 1960s Adult Coloring Books (in which she references this site).  I wish that I had been aware of this a few years ago!

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  1. I have been a programmer, system designer, manager, VP, Sr VP, and COO of 4 different corporations. It is a non an alpha-male industry any more. In the last 15 years females have quickly increased their place in the industry, many from India. They are equally talented, hard workers and have found their place in management also.

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