In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.13 "TRANSCRIPT": 61m17sec ... KB is my once and future gig ... I teach high school classes infused with KB concepts, and am preparing to do a one-man show ... I teach geometry to students who must be weaned of their dependence on rote learning and "faking it" ... they must be taught to SEE, SAY, and SHOW ... shout out to Dorothy Parler, Yvonne Pinson, and Carolyn Randolph ... I am teaching because my daughter attends school in our district ... I talk about HAB ... 64m48sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.12 "TRANSCRIPT": 59m37sec ... KB is a for-profit venture mow (we refiled our articles of incorporation) ... we work with people who will work with us ... 61m17sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.10 "TRANSCRIPT": 56m01sec ... CMcI's last question ... "as you look back, how has the role of Black tech leaders evolved?" ... we can do more ... REAL success is predicated on relationships, equipping, attitude, and leadership ... 58m55sec

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.09 "TRANSCRIPT": 48m02sec ... CMcI is getting ready to close ... tell us about the White House briefing ... I was on a mission - the KnowledgeBase mission ... we know the poseurs and the players now ... play with the players, avoid the poseurs ... AJC reporter (Andrew Glass) snuck into the briefing ... I sat next to him, talked to him, and sent him my manifesto ... that got me a lot of favorable press coverage ... this was helpful to KB ... Project CHIP refurbishes and redistributes obsolete computers ... we built CTCs, then hosted camps there ... Ernest Holsendolph of the AJC called me Johnny Appleseed (in 1998) ... his press coverage brought us lots of business opportunities (Fort Valley, Rome) ... I have "agency" 54m02sec ... I have run KB as part-time gig since 1998, and have stayed true to its mission ... 54m55sec I have evolved into a #StandupStoryteller ... my orange jacket is an homage to Clemson and my Native American heritage 56m01sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.08 "TRANSCRIPT": ... 45m35sec Anita Brown (Miss DC) and I may have met at the CBC meeting ... she was a caring, compassionate, strategic thought partner ... not sure if BGO had 25,000 members, but who cares ... she was a connector ... we were both Browns ... indeed CMcI 48m02sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.07 "TRANSCRIPT": 42m11sec ... 1996 CBC meeting ... Tupac Shakur was murdered on 9-13-1996 ... the African-American Internet vanguard met, preened, and postured ... we saw the presumed leaders, but were not impressed ... 45m35sec

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.06 "TRANSCRIPT": ... CMcI - GET BACK IN HERE! 36m41 CMcI will take us through the "tougher" parts of the journey ... when did UBP tensions arise? We fell apart at the organizational meeting ... 39m20sec the thumb had no respect for the other fingers on the hand ... I retell the ATDC / Dwight Holter to CMcI in more detail ... 4 legs on the stool ... after our collapse, I became ATDC's Lotus Notes database developer ... I now know who the VCs are, and can "hollar" at them ... mmm-hmmm CMcI 42m11sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.05 "TRANSCRIPT": ... 26m22sec ... What was your vision for making The UBP make dollars AND sense? I liked responding to site submitters like Ann Nesby of The Sounds of Blackness ... this built organic community ... people saw us as connectors of the disconnected (The Diaspora) 28m37sec ... 29m30sec I describe The UBP's site submission and review processes ... 30m35sec I loved Infoseek and learned to do advanced searches there ... 31m30sec we had 300 sites in late 1994 ... by 1998, we had 4000 reviewed sites and 3000 unreviewed submissions ... 32m36sec The Diaspora is well-represented on The Internet ... Cafe Los Negroes 33m20sec ... 33m43sec CMcI returns (whew!) ... we had around 30,000 unique visitors per month ... 34m47sec Frats page were the most popular ... hmmm (CMcI) ... 36m06sec Bowie State's Deltas want to connect with Tennessee State's Deltas 36m37sec ...