But who is the woman behind the program? As Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape, told the New York Times in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Though the ...

Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross investigate Black representation in the Neon-backed documentary out this summer. As the documentary tells us, L’Esperance was spotted working a counter at a Los ...

U.S. film producer and distributor Neon has signed on to produce a new documentary about Mavis Beacon, known as “the most influential Black woman in technology,” who vanished without a trace in 1995.

Jazmin Jones knows what she did. “If you’re online, there’s this idea of trolling,” Jones, the director behind Seeking Mavis Beacon, said during a recent panel for her new documentary. “For this ...

For anyone who grew up learning how to type from Mavis Beacon (back in the day when computer programs were advertised in catalogs and came in over-sized boxes), this news will come to you as a bit of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The widespread use of computer ...

Two women investigate the real person behind an educational software from the '80s, raising urgent questions about our relationship to technology. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic If you came of ...

Though the name "Mavis Beacon" might not mean much to modern-day kids, to those who came of age in the late 1980s and 1990s, it surely does. "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" was a software program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writer/director Jazmin Jones’ e-girl, DIY investigation “Seeking Mavis Beacon” premiered in the NEXT section at the 2024 Sundance ...