Honghong Tinn
@honghongtinn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
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Pinned
So thankful for writer Joyce Yen(顏擇雅)'s endorsement of 科技造浪者, the traditional Chinese version of my Island Tinkerers! I haven't been able to see the physical copy of the book, but it's on Google Play's Books (tinyurl.com/te45du8h)! Link to Yen's short book review: www.facebook.com/share/p/14fR...
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The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents unanimously passed a resolution Thursday morning saying its official doctors’ group “unlawfully” negotiated a $1 billion deal with Fairview Health Services that harms the U’s interests.
U Board of Regents threatens reprimand, action on designation for doctors group
Attorney General Keith Ellison says he pushed for agreement after the university walked away from negotiations.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents unanimously passed a resolution Thursday morning saying its official doctors’ group “unlawfully” negotiated a $1 billion deal with Fairview Health Services that harms the U’s interests.
Job opening: Feminist/ Queer Science & Technology Studies:
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Cal Poly - Details - Assistant Professor in Feminist/ Queer Science & Technology Studies (STS) (26/27)
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November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Job opening: Feminist/ Queer Science & Technology Studies:
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
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The University of Minnesota is battling in public with its own physician group and Fairview Health Services, the nonprofit group that owns the U’s teaching hospital in Minneapolis.
U of M blasting new Fairview deal with university physicians as ‘hostile takeover’
The health system and U doctors are announcing an agreement for medical school funding -- a deal the university is rejecting.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The University of Minnesota is battling in public with its own physician group and Fairview Health Services, the nonprofit group that owns the U’s teaching hospital in Minneapolis.
So thankful for writer Joyce Yen(顏擇雅)'s endorsement of 科技造浪者, the traditional Chinese version of my Island Tinkerers! I haven't been able to see the physical copy of the book, but it's on Google Play's Books (tinyurl.com/te45du8h)! Link to Yen's short book review: www.facebook.com/share/p/14fR...
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So thankful for writer Joyce Yen(顏擇雅)'s endorsement of 科技造浪者, the traditional Chinese version of my Island Tinkerers! I haven't been able to see the physical copy of the book, but it's on Google Play's Books (tinyurl.com/te45du8h)! Link to Yen's short book review: www.facebook.com/share/p/14fR...
感謝 Hansen Hsu 以及 Mountain View 電腦歷史博物館邀請我週二去演講，很高興有機會遇到了很多熱情的觀眾，認識新朋友(特別是康乃爾北加州校友會的John Lin！)，以及跟幾位好久不見的朋友敘舊！這次也有機會可以拍下博物館裡一些展覽的電腦，元件，或資訊，下學期教電腦史的課程的時候，可以用來更新我原來的投影片！（平時上課我已常簡短播放電腦歷史博物館所製作的影片或訪問！）。
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
感謝 Hansen Hsu 以及 Mountain View 電腦歷史博物館邀請我週二去演講，很高興有機會遇到了很多熱情的觀眾，認識新朋友(特別是康乃爾北加州校友會的John Lin！)，以及跟幾位好久不見的朋友敘舊！這次也有機會可以拍下博物館裡一些展覽的電腦，元件，或資訊，下學期教電腦史的課程的時候，可以用來更新我原來的投影片！（平時上課我已常簡短播放電腦歷史博物館所製作的影片或訪問！）。
My talk at Computer History Museum is on YouTube now. Thanks to Hansen Hsu and CHM for hosting my talk on Tuesday! Acer's Micro-Professor II computer (1982) was displayed at the reception! Thank you, Dag Spicer, Shinyi Hsieh, Jofish Kaye, John Lin, and Ling-Fei Lin! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6fu...
CHM Live | Taiwan Rising: The Origins of a High-Tech Industry
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My talk at Computer History Museum is on YouTube now. Thanks to Hansen Hsu and CHM for hosting my talk on Tuesday! Acer's Micro-Professor II computer (1982) was displayed at the reception! Thank you, Dag Spicer, Shinyi Hsieh, Jofish Kaye, John Lin, and Ling-Fei Lin! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6fu...
A podcast on my book Island Tinkerers is available today. Thanks to senior programs manager Adrienne Wu at Global Taiwan Institute for arranging the interview and publishing the podcast! 華府的智庫「全球台灣研究中心」幫我做了一個關於我的新書以及台灣科技產業的軟實力的訪談，是智庫的經理吳至芳主持的「台灣沙龍」這個節目的最新一集喔，歡迎大家線上收聽！謝謝至芳！
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October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A podcast on my book Island Tinkerers is available today. Thanks to senior programs manager Adrienne Wu at Global Taiwan Institute for arranging the interview and publishing the podcast! 華府的智庫「全球台灣研究中心」幫我做了一個關於我的新書以及台灣科技產業的軟實力的訪談，是智庫的經理吳至芳主持的「台灣沙龍」這個節目的最新一集喔，歡迎大家線上收聽！謝謝至芳！
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I will be talking with Dr. Hansen Hsu, curator of the Software History Center, about my book Island Tinkerers at Computer History Museum on November 4 (7 - 8:15pm PST). Below is a registering link for attending in person or online:
computerhistory.org/events/taiwa...
computerhistory.org/events/taiwa...
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I will be talking with Dr. Hansen Hsu, curator of the Software History Center, about my book Island Tinkerers at Computer History Museum on November 4 (7 - 8:15pm PST). Below is a registering link for attending in person or online:
computerhistory.org/events/taiwa...
computerhistory.org/events/taiwa...
Excited to see that my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social) is reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
September 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Excited to see that my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social) is reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
I am looking forward to my visit to the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, October 6. My talk is scheduled at 2pm at 4130 Posvar Hall, hosted by Asian Studies Center. www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/events/i...
September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I am looking forward to my visit to the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, October 6. My talk is scheduled at 2pm at 4130 Posvar Hall, hosted by Asian Studies Center. www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/events/i...
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Libraries and consortia interested in supporting the growing Direct to Open program can make their commitment through November 30, 2025. Learn more about this groundbreaking initiative and how your institution can participate: mitpress.mit.edu/mit-press-ex...
September 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Libraries and consortia interested in supporting the growing Direct to Open program can make their commitment through November 30, 2025. Learn more about this groundbreaking initiative and how your institution can participate: mitpress.mit.edu/mit-press-ex...
Thanks to the Direct to Open (D2O) initiative of the MIT Press! My book was able to be published open access and reached many readers around the world!
We're thrilled that Duke University Press & Goldsmiths Press are joining the Direct to Open (D2O) initiative! Beginning in 2026, our #OpenAccess model will include offerings from all three presses, strengthening our shared commitment to a more equitable & sustainable future for academic knowledge.
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thanks to the Direct to Open (D2O) initiative of the MIT Press! My book was able to be published open access and reached many readers around the world!
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September 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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my T&C review of Engineers & the Two Taiwans by Kuo-Hui Chang, Gary Downey & Bono Po-Jen Shih. a concise, perceptive study of the politics of apolitical engineering & fine complement to other histories of Taiwanese S&T, eg @honghongtinn.bsky.social's Island Tinkerers.
muse.jhu.edu/article/965841
muse.jhu.edu/article/965841
Project MUSE - <i>Engineers and the Two Taiwans: The Abnormal Club</i> by Kuo-Hui Chang, Gary Lee Downey, and Bono Po-Jen Shih (review)
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July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
my T&C review of Engineers & the Two Taiwans by Kuo-Hui Chang, Gary Downey & Bono Po-Jen Shih. a concise, perceptive study of the politics of apolitical engineering & fine complement to other histories of Taiwanese S&T, eg @honghongtinn.bsky.social's Island Tinkerers.
muse.jhu.edu/article/965841
muse.jhu.edu/article/965841
I enjoyed giving the first fall semester colloquium talk for Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's colloquium series last week.
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I enjoyed giving the first fall semester colloquium talk for Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's colloquium series last week.
I'll be presenting this Friday! If you are on the campus of the U of Minnesota Twin Cities this week, please consider stopping by hstm's colloquium series. I will present my chapter about Orientalism and tinkerers at 3:35pm, September 12, at 216 Pillsbury Drive, Room 125.
September 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'll be presenting this Friday! If you are on the campus of the U of Minnesota Twin Cities this week, please consider stopping by hstm's colloquium series. I will present my chapter about Orientalism and tinkerers at 3:35pm, September 12, at 216 Pillsbury Drive, Room 125.
Taiwan's STS association will be hosting a panel on new STS books tomorrow in Taichung's science museum. I submitted a video presentation for my book. I am sharing a beautiful poster of these new sts books in Taiwan or about Taiwan--Thanks to Dr. Ching Hung for organizing this panel.
June 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Taiwan's STS association will be hosting a panel on new STS books tomorrow in Taichung's science museum. I submitted a video presentation for my book. I am sharing a beautiful poster of these new sts books in Taiwan or about Taiwan--Thanks to Dr. Ching Hung for organizing this panel.
World Journal and The United Daily News covered my participation in a conference at UCLA in early May--MIT (Made-In-Taiwan), Redux--organized by Shu-mei Shih and Raymond Kun-Xian Shen. The book cover of Island Tinkerers (mitpress.bsky.social) is included in the news article!
tinyurl.com/3zbese4t
tinyurl.com/3zbese4t
台灣製造=仿冒？ 學者揭宏碁創業初期遭誤解真相 | 聯合新聞網
在科技飛速發展的時代如何理解和想像科技？而台灣又扮演什麼角色？在洛加大與國立台灣師範大學聯合主辦的研討會中，三位學者分別...
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June 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
World Journal and The United Daily News covered my participation in a conference at UCLA in early May--MIT (Made-In-Taiwan), Redux--organized by Shu-mei Shih and Raymond Kun-Xian Shen. The book cover of Island Tinkerers (mitpress.bsky.social) is included in the news article!
tinyurl.com/3zbese4t
tinyurl.com/3zbese4t
Thank you!
I had a lot of fun teaching the Geopolitics of Chips session in today's HUDT3001 class using Honghong Tinn's fantastic new book, Island Tinkerers.
I'm not sure whether my students understood the technical details I explained, but they recognize the centrality of high-end chips produced in Taiwan.
I'm not sure whether my students understood the technical details I explained, but they recognize the centrality of high-end chips produced in Taiwan.
May 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thank you!
Thank you!
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thank you!
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Getting closer...should have some cover art to share soon
#HistSTM
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#HistSTM
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README by W. Patrick Mccray: 9780262553483 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The essential role that the oldest literary technology—books—played in making computers popular and pervasive. In README, historian Patrick McCray argues that in order for computers to become...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Getting closer...should have some cover art to share soon
#HistSTM
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798027...
#HistSTM
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798027...
Thank you, Dr. Alexander Magoun and the IEEE History Center, for reviewing my book Island Tinkerers (mitpress.bsky.social, 2025) in the center's March Newsletter! I deeply appreciate his mention of formal and informal STEM skills and Hugo Gernsback in relation to my book!
tinyurl.com/4eh4rz87
tinyurl.com/4eh4rz87
March 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Thank you, Dr. Alexander Magoun and the IEEE History Center, for reviewing my book Island Tinkerers (mitpress.bsky.social, 2025) in the center's March Newsletter! I deeply appreciate his mention of formal and informal STEM skills and Hugo Gernsback in relation to my book!
tinyurl.com/4eh4rz87
tinyurl.com/4eh4rz87
I'm excited to talk in person and virtually on Mar. 6 at the UW Seattle's Taiwan Studies Program! Kind invitation by Dr. James Lin, author of In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan. @mitpress.bsky.social
Registration link: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/uwta...
Registration link: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/uwta...
Island Tinkerers with Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota
Join us on March 6, 3:30 - 5 PM (Pacific). How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In Is...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I'm excited to talk in person and virtually on Mar. 6 at the UW Seattle's Taiwan Studies Program! Kind invitation by Dr. James Lin, author of In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan. @mitpress.bsky.social
Registration link: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/uwta...
Registration link: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/uwta...
In today’s Taipei Times, @jamesbaron.bsky.social wrote a book review of my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social)!
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February 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
In today’s Taipei Times, @jamesbaron.bsky.social wrote a book review of my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social)!
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Thanks to Charles Babbage Institute director @justcode.bsky.social' s kind invitation, I will give a presentation about my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social) virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 2 p.m. Here is the registration link:
cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/i...
cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/i...
February 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thanks to Charles Babbage Institute director @justcode.bsky.social' s kind invitation, I will give a presentation about my book Island Tinkerers (@mitpress.bsky.social) virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 2 p.m. Here is the registration link:
cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/i...
cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/i...