Based on a workshop held at Siegen University back in 2017, and published with Springer in mid-2019, Exploring the Early Digital features a lineup of some very well-known figures in the history of computing. But we are mostly not talking about traditional computing topics – instead the focus is on other kinds of digital technology, and on approaches engaged with the materiality and affordances of technology.. More details, including the full table of contents and the introduction and foreword at the book's website, the cunningly named early.digital..