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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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！）。
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...
Many thanks to questions from Drs. Jennifer Alexander, Jennifer Gunn, Jeff Yost(@justcode.bsky.social), Anna Graber, Hiromi Mizuno, Adam Negri, and more. They, & many audience members, have been to my other presentations on & off campus! I am grateful for their generous support & valuable feedback!
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Many thanks to questions from Drs. Jennifer Alexander, Jennifer Gunn, Jeff Yost(@justcode.bsky.social), Anna Graber, Hiromi Mizuno, Adam Negri, and more. They, & many audience members, have been to my other presentations on & off campus! I am grateful for their generous support & valuable feedback!
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.
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
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...
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...
At Macalester College yesterday, I received great questions about my book: the role of tinkerers in relation to the government, the relationship between geopolitics and tinkering activities, with regard to TSMC, and the rise and fall of the Orientalist representations of Taiwanese computer makers.
February 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At Macalester College yesterday, I received great questions about my book: the role of tinkerers in relation to the government, the relationship between geopolitics and tinkering activities, with regard to TSMC, and the rise and fall of the Orientalist representations of Taiwanese computer makers.
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...
I am looking forward to giving a book talk at Macalester College on Feb 13, as a part of the Asian Studies Spring Colloquium series, and co-sponsored by Economics, Geography, and Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science Departments.
www.macalester.edu/calendar/eve...
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.macalester.edu/calendar/eve...
@mitpress.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I am looking forward to giving a book talk at Macalester College on Feb 13, as a part of the Asian Studies Spring Colloquium series, and co-sponsored by Economics, Geography, and Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science Departments.
www.macalester.edu/calendar/eve...
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.macalester.edu/calendar/eve...
@mitpress.bsky.social
Last Saturday I gave a book talk at Pavek Museum about their collections from Philco, Zenith, Ampex, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Atari, and Osborne Computer. I have discussed these companies and their business activities in Taiwan in my book Island Tinkerers. @mitpress.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last Saturday I gave a book talk at Pavek Museum about their collections from Philco, Zenith, Ampex, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Atari, and Osborne Computer. I have discussed these companies and their business activities in Taiwan in my book Island Tinkerers. @mitpress.bsky.social
I look forward to the "Rewriting the East Asian History of Science" workshop in Seoul!
The two papers I will comment on are Yongjoo Han's paper on technological innovations of Final Fantasy VII & Chih-Heng Su's paper on B&W (TV) as an authoritarian color. Other papers are just fascinating, too!
The two papers I will comment on are Yongjoo Han's paper on technological innovations of Final Fantasy VII & Chih-Heng Su's paper on B&W (TV) as an authoritarian color. Other papers are just fascinating, too!
January 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I look forward to the "Rewriting the East Asian History of Science" workshop in Seoul!
The two papers I will comment on are Yongjoo Han's paper on technological innovations of Final Fantasy VII & Chih-Heng Su's paper on B&W (TV) as an authoritarian color. Other papers are just fascinating, too!
The two papers I will comment on are Yongjoo Han's paper on technological innovations of Final Fantasy VII & Chih-Heng Su's paper on B&W (TV) as an authoritarian color. Other papers are just fascinating, too!
In Taipei, I met with CEO of publisher 明白文化, who will translate my forthcoming book in to Chinese: Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry
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January 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
In Taipei, I met with CEO of publisher 明白文化, who will translate my forthcoming book in to Chinese: Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/crystal.pres...
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/crystal.pres...
I will give a talk at National Taiwan University (in Chinese language) on Dec. 30, 2024 about my forthcoming book: Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry
@mitpress.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I will give a talk at National Taiwan University (in Chinese language) on Dec. 30, 2024 about my forthcoming book: Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry
@mitpress.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
I will give a book talk at the Pavek Museum in St. Louis Park, MN on Jan. 18, 2pm. I visited the museum yesterday to select materials from the collection mentioned in my book. Products made by companies who set up electronic manufacturing factories in Taiwan or are connected to tinkering histories!
November 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I will give a book talk at the Pavek Museum in St. Louis Park, MN on Jan. 18, 2pm. I visited the museum yesterday to select materials from the collection mentioned in my book. Products made by companies who set up electronic manufacturing factories in Taiwan or are connected to tinkering histories!
Last night, Taiwanese publisher Commonwealth published TSMC founder Morris Chang’s autobiography vol. 2! I bought the E-book right away. When I was writing the chapter 10 about TSMC of my forthcoming book, I used his autobiography vol. 1, published 26 years ago in hard copy. shorturl.at/ZhJrJ /1
November 30, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Last night, Taiwanese publisher Commonwealth published TSMC founder Morris Chang’s autobiography vol. 2! I bought the E-book right away. When I was writing the chapter 10 about TSMC of my forthcoming book, I used his autobiography vol. 1, published 26 years ago in hard copy. shorturl.at/ZhJrJ /1