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I was nearly killed by a picket at Wapping

Michael Crozier joined The Independent after someone through a brick through his window when crossing picket lines to work at Wapping. He was one of the first employees and was made executive editor, where he supervised a design team and was forced to cope with a series of challenges of managing new technology.

Storyteller: Michael Crozier

Date of Story: Early March, 1986
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 14 April, 2016

The undemocratic age of computing

Computer scientist John Hayes says that although not much has changed about computers “on the abstract level” for 40 years, pretty much everything else about them is different: who uses them, the hardware, work practices, functionality, and the way we think about them.

Storyteller: John Hayes

Date of Story: 1976-present
Location of Story: Chalfont St. Giles, UK
Location: Chalfont St. Giles, UK
Date: 6 February, 2016