IBM Turns 100

Posted on July 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

IBM Dey Recorder

ibm_think IBM is celebrating its centennial  and Technology Review has posted some photos from the company’s history. This piece is a Dey dial recorder, an early form of time-recording clock.

The company has an elaborate website devoted to its centennial. You can even buy an updated version of its famous “THINK” paperweight/desk thingie. I recall a New Yorker cartoon from years ago about the THINK emblem in which one character asked: “What do you suppose this was for?”

Photo 1: Dey dial recorder Credit: IBM
Photo 2: Think plaque Credit: IBMLogoGear.com

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1 Response to IBM Turns 100

  1. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    July 4, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    Consider the abstract beauty of many pre-modern electrical and mechanical devises. Sometimes they are breathtaking. IBM today is known for for corporate drab design. Clearly, it was not always that way.

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