{"id":3240,"date":"2023-05-03T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:15:57","slug":"benj-writes-tech-history-at-ars-technica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/3240\/benj-writes-tech-history-at-ars-technica","title":{"rendered":"Benj Writes Tech History at Ars Technica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In August 2022, I joined up with Ars Technica<\/a> as their AI and Machine Learning Reporter. Of course, even while documenting one of the wildest cutting-edge stories in tech at the moment, my heart never strays far from the subject of this site: vintage technology and the history behind it.<\/p>\n

In between writing about AI at Ars over the past 8+ months, I’ve had the chance to occasionally write a piece about tech history or nostalgia (23 in total so far). To capture them all in one place, I’ve created a tag called “retrotech” for all of those articles at Ars. To check them out, click this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a fun one I did not too long ago: Egad! 7 key British PCs of the 1980s Americans might have missed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sinclair<\/a>So if you’re interested, keep an eye on the “retrotech” tag<\/a> and follow along there. In a way, it’s kind of an extension of what I did on Vintage Computing and Gaming<\/em> back in the day, albeit this time I make a full-time living and get health benefits. That’s quite an upgrade!<\/p>\n

As I usually mention in posts on here for the past few years, I’m sorry that I’ve let VC&G<\/em> wither with neglect. I’m not shutting it down since there is so much historically valuable content here (especially interviews and comments), and our Patreon supporters<\/a> keep these archives online. Thanks for your continued support over the past 18 years!<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

P.S. Did you see this piece<\/a> that lists out all of the tech history work I did at How-To Geek between 2020 and 2022? Pretty cool.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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