What the Dormouse Said.(What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counter-culture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Macworld, March, 2006 by McFarland, Scholle Sawyer

The next time you wonder, "Was this computer designed by someone on drugs?" I recommend picking up a copy of What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counter-culture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry (Viking Adult, 2005). In this book, New York Times technology writer John Markoff explores the political, cultural, and um, pharmaceutical forces that were afoot in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1962 and 1975 and how they helped shape the technology we use today.

It's a groovy read, man (www.penguinputnam.com). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]