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(DIR) Post #Arynjsyz2HHaWdIfjM by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
2025-03-12T12:54:50Z
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It was on this day 36 years ago when @timbl submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web. "In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.[...]His boss’s response?“Vague, but exciting.”"https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history#OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting
(DIR) Post #ArynjxSuMxb2QbKcvg by clacke@libranet.de
2025-03-12T13:02:58Z
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@stefan @timbl So in two years, the Fediverse (2008) has been around for most of the web's lifetime!
(DIR) Post #ArynjyezvUrS8NznPc by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
2025-03-12T13:00:00Z
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Here's the actual proposal, from https://info.cern.ch/Proposal.htmlA piece of history.
(DIR) Post #Arynk3GinBPgQXfylc by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
2025-03-12T13:08:04Z
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@clacke @timbl That's a nice milestone!
(DIR) Post #Arynk52GDv2BuGvSVM by clacke@libranet.de
2025-03-12T13:17:55Z
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@stefan @timbl If we count the released web, I think Fedi has already been around for most of it? 1992?"Version 0.1 was released in June 1991"Ok, Fedi is May 2008, so we'll pass that in ... mid-April this year? 😊
(DIR) Post #Arz66kDDbmIl9y0YPA by liaizon@social.wake.st
2025-03-12T15:40:41Z
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@stefan this led me down an interesting rabbit hole! I saw that this image mentioned "hyper card" and I didn't realize the term existed before "HyperCard"
(DIR) Post #Arz66oFUbGUtgB6QVM by clacke@libranet.de
2025-03-12T15:45:49Z
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@liaizon @stefan HyperCard is newer than 1989? When is it from?
(DIR) Post #ArzFtuFxx3uC5YoHz6 by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
2025-03-12T16:33:57Z
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@clacke @liaizon Some relevant conversation in an adjacent thread: https://xz.vc/@wysiwyggins/114150275285237406
(DIR) Post #ArzFuCYLvRJApnYE8u by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
2025-03-12T15:41:20Z
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@liaizon Ha, noticed that too, very interesting!
(DIR) Post #ArzFuDI5BPt77cwkQC by wysiwyggins@xz.vc
2025-03-12T15:56:12Z
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@stefan @liaizon initial release of HyperCard was 1987 and this is dated later!
(DIR) Post #ArzFuE2AQ4kdQYVYFk by liaizon@social.wake.st
2025-03-12T16:25:16Z
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@wysiwyggins @stefan oh good catch! I was looking for any mention of the backstory behind Bill naming HyperCard but I didn't find anything. I did find this good podcast though which I am now on the 5th episode of: https://macfolkloreradio.com/2023/07/01/hypercard-1-0-review.html
(DIR) Post #ArzFuEnfZSkTnsjUIK by wysiwyggins@xz.vc
2025-03-12T16:50:23Z
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@liaizon @stefan @HXLNT and I had a thought experiment for some art projects about an alternate reality with some AppleTalk-descended networking instead of tcp-ip and HyperCard as the first browser
(DIR) Post #ArzFuG8cb36Px9Xjai by wysiwyggins@xz.vc
2025-03-12T16:48:48Z
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@liaizon @stefan definitely people had been talking about hypertext since the mother of all demos, but the origin of “card” would be a good indicator of who was influencing who.