Ben Zotto
Ben studies and writes about technology and design. He quite literally stumbled over a Sphere computer, and that moment of kismet was the beginning of the path that led to this book.
This project was the ideal intersection of Ben's past experiences and interests in technology history. Ben has written a book about an architectural designer, published technology history articles, and designed successful typefaces. An engineer by training, Ben helped build Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming service at the start of his career and later created a popular and (mostly) well-regarded iPad app, Penultimate. Instead of keeping up with the times, he has spent years immersed in the primal technologies of the 1970s. He loves excuses to talk to interesting people and get lost in archives; researching Go Computer Now! required both. He lives in San Francisco, where he is looking for the next story to tell.
Talks, podcasts, & press
Ben is available for (and enthusiastic about!) talks, podcast appearances, and press interviews about Go Computer Now!, Sphere Corporation, and the early personal computer industry. For booking, contact info@gocomputernow.com.
Upcoming appearances are listed on the events page. Press materials and high-res images are on the press kit page. To read about the book itself, see the homepage; the companion research project — including an in-browser Sphere emulator — lives at sphere.computer.