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LIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLINE COMPUTING MAGAZINE the Bible. Gopher Gopher began as the University of Minnesota's version of PennInfo, a menu-driven campus-wide information system (CWIS). Gopher's simplicity as a distributed, client/serverLIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLINE COMPUTING MAGAZINE the Bible. Gopher Gopher began as the University of Minnesota's version of PennInfo, a menu-driven campus-wide information system (CWIS). Gopher's simplicity as a distributed, client/serverLIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLINE COMPUTING MAGAZINE the Bible. Gopher Gopher began as the University of Minnesota's version of PennInfo, a menu-driven campus-wide information system (CWIS). Gopher's simplicity as a distributed, client/serverLIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLINE COMPUTING MAGAZINE the Bible. Gopher Gopher began as the University of Minnesota's version of PennInfo, a menu-driven campus-wide information system (CWIS). Gopher's simplicity as a distributed, client/serverLIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLINE COMPUTING MAGAZINE the Bible. Gopher Gopher began as the University of Minnesota's version of PennInfo, a menu-driven campus-wide information system (CWIS). Gopher's simplicity as a distributed, client/serverLIFE BEFORE TWITTER
Update: December 18th 2018 Life Before Twitter will be made into a documentary film. It will be the 8th documentary film I've created as part of The Documentary Factory.It will study all aspects of and the history of the digital era, as well as what the future might hold forus.
LIFE BEFORE TWITTER
_ I'VE BEEN MESSING AROUND WITH COMPUTERS SINCE AROUND 1980. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. I CREATED THIS SITE TO SHOW SOME PEOPLE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE "FRONTIER" DAYS AND WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD FOR US.ENJOY._
------------------------- UPDATE: DECEMBER 18TH 2018 LIFE BEFORE TWITTER WILL BE MADE INTO A DOCUMENTARY FILM. IT WILL BE THE 8TH DOCUMENTARY FILM I'VE CREATED AS PART OF THE DOCUMENTARY FACTORY . IT WILL STUDY ALL ASPECTS OF AND THE HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL ERA, AS WELL AS WHAT THE FUTUREMIGHT HOLD FOR US.
COMING SOON - IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR OTHER DOCUMENTARYFILMS
THE DOCUMENTARY FACTORY - HTTP://THEDOCFACTORY.COM WHICH IS A DIVISION OF AVS PRODUCTION COMPANY HAS MANY FILMS WHICH ARE EITHER IN PRODUCTION OR PRE-PRODUCTION. THEY ARE: LIFE IS EL - HTTP://LIFEISEL.COM - _LIVING AND WORKING UNDER AND AROUND THE ELEVATED TRAIN TRACKS IN NEW YORK CITY_
STEP STREETS - HTTP://STEPSTREETS.COM - _WHERE DID THE STREET GO?_ EDUCATION IN SMITHTOWN - HTTP://EDUCATIONINSMITHTOWN.COM - _LOTS OF PENCILS, LOTS OF BOOKS, AND WE LOVED OUR TEACHER'S DIRTY LOOKS_ SAKE IN AMERICA - HTTP://SAKEINAMERICA.COM - _THE LOVE FOR AND GROWTH OF WHAT USED TO BE A JAPANESE EXCLUSIVEDRINK IN AMERICA_
SCAMS ARE US - HTTP://SCAMSAREUS.COM - _YOU HAVE IT, WE'LL TAKE IT_ IN SEARCH OF WHALE VOMIT - HTTP://INSEARCHOFWHALEVOMIT.COM - _IT'LL HELP YOU SMELL BETTER_ OH DEER - HTTP://OHDEERTHEFILM.COM - _HOW WE LIVE WITH OUR FORESTED FRIENDS_ LIFE BEFORE TWITTER - HTTP://LIFEBEFORETWITTER.COM - _THE HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL ERA_ VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - HTTP://VOLUNTEERSOFAMERICATHEFILM.COM - _WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS, WE WOULD ALL BE IN TROUBLE_ LEGENDARY SMITHTOWN - HTTP://LEGENDARYSMITHTOWN.COM - _HOW A MAN NAMED SMITH SETTLED IN FOR THE LONG RIDE AFTER A SHORT RIDE_ TEA FOR TWO BILLION - HTTP://TEAFORTWOBILLION.COM - _OUR LOVE FOR THE SECOND MOST CONSUMED BEVERAGE IN THE WORLD_ THE LIFE OF DEATH - HTTP://THELIFEOFDEATHTHEFILM.COM - _WHO'S THERE AT THE END_ SMART PHONE, STUPID PEOPLE - HTTP://SMARTPHONESTUPIDPEOPLE.COM - _YOUR PHONE IS GETTING SMARTER, BUT YOU ARE GETTING STUPIDER_ 1DOLLARFORYOU - HTTP://1DOLLARFORYOU.COM - _YES, YOU CAN STILL GET THINGS IN NYC FOR ONLY $1 INCLUDING GREATPIZZA!_
THE DEADLIEST SPORT - HTTP://THEDEADLIESTSPORT.COM - _IS GYMNASTICS THE DEADLIESTSPORT?_
50 YEARS OF PLANTING TREES - HTTP://50YEARSOFPLANTINGTREES.COM - _THE HISTORY OF EARTH DAY AND THE RELATED MOVEMENTS_ ------------------------- I'M VERY SAD TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF LARRY TESLER, THE COMPUTING PIONEER BEHIND CUT, COPY, PASTE, FIND AND REPLACE AND MORE. THESE ARE SOME OF MY MOST FREQUENTLY USED KEYBOARD COMMANDS AND MOUSE CLICKS. THIS ENTIRE SITE WAS CREATED MAINLY BY COPYING AND PASTING TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS. RIP LARRY AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME SAVED INMY LIFE.
Computer Scientist Who Invented Cut, Copy And Paste Dies Aged 74 BY : CAMERON FREW ON : 20 FEB 2020 07:29News18/Wikimedia
LARRY TESLER, THE COMPUTING PIONEER BEHIND CUT, COPY AND PASTE, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 74. THE IT WHIZZ WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, IN 1945, AND LATER STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA. TESLER’S PRIME FOCUS WAS ALWAYS HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (AKA USER INTERFACE DESIGN), PUTTING HIS SKILL-SET TO WORK AT THE LIKES OF AMAZON, APPLE, YAHOO, AND THE XEROX PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (PARC). PARC ANNOUNCED HIS DEATH ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, WITH THE COMPANY PRAISING TESLER’S ‘REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS’. IF YOU USE A COMPUTER DAY-TO-DAY, IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE LIVING WITHOUT CUT, COPY AND PASTE. THE INVENTOR OF CUT/COPY & PASTE, FIND & REPLACE, AND MORE WAS FORMER XEROX RESEARCHER LARRY TESLER. YOUR WORKDAY IS EASIER THANKS TO HIS REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS. LARRY PASSED AWAY MONDAY, SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING HIM. PHOTO CREDIT: YAHOO CC-BY-2.0 HTTPS://XEROX.BZ/2PBOMOE XEROX’S FULL TWEET READ: ‘THE INVENTOR OF CUT/COPY AND PASTE, FIND AND REPLACE, AND MORE WAS FORMER XEROX RESEARCHER LARRY TESLER. YOUR WORKDAY IS EASIER THANKS TO HIS REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS. LARRY PASSED AWAY MONDAY, SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING HIM.’TESLER’S ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER KICKED OFF AT XEROX, HOWEVER IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE APPLE’S STEVE JOBS NOTICED HIS TALENTS AND NABBED HIM FOR THE TECH BEHEMOTH IN 1980. AS WELL AS SPENDING 17 YEARS AT THE COMPANY, BECOMING CHIEF SCIENTIST IN 1993, IT WAS ALSO THERE HE CONJURED THE CUT, COPY AND PASTE COMMAND. REST IN PEACE TO LARRY TESLER ,THE COMPUTER SCIENTIST BEHIND CUT, COPY AND PASTE. HE SHOWED STEVE JOBS THE XEROX PARC SYSTEMS THAT WOULD INSPIRE THE MACINTOSH. HE WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO KEY MACINTOSH SOFTWARE INCLUDING QUICKTIME, APPLESCRIPT AND BILL ATKINSON'S HYPERCARD If you’re somehow unaware of the everyday computing command, it’s the process of either removing or copying a section of text, and then placing it elsewhere. It was first integrated into Apple’s software on the Lisa computer in 1983, then the original Macintosh that was released the following year. The Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley tweeted: ‘Today we also bid farewell to computing visionary Larry Tesler. Tesler created the idea of cut, copy and paste and combined computer science training with a counterculture vision that computers should be for everyone.’ He wrote on his website: ‘I have
been mistakenly identified as the father of the graphical user interface for the Macintosh. I was not. However, a paternity test might expose me as one of its many grandparents.’ In 1997, Tesler left Apple and worked at Stagecast, an education software start-up spun out of his time at the tech giant, then also spending time at Amazon, Yahoo, and 23andMe. Since 2009, he had been a UX consultant based in California. Back in 2012, when commenting on the nature of Silicon Valley, Teslertold the _BBC _:
‘There’s almost a rite of passage – after you’ve made some money, you don’t just retire, you spend your time funding other companies. There’s a very strong element of excitement, of being able to share what you’ve learned with the next generation. The cause of Tesler’s death has not been released. RIP. ------------------------- 1982 REPORT TRIES TO EXPLAIN HOME COMPUTERS | WABC-TV VAULT ------------------------- TODAY, MARCH 12TH 2019 IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB(WWW)
------------------------- TODAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2018 IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GOOGLE SEARCH. DID YOU KNOW GOOGLE IS A VERB? ------------------------- HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY FACEBOOK! Founded February 4th, 2004 ------------------------- IT IS ANOTHER SAD DAY AS THE INVENTOR OF THE DEVICE YOU USED TO GET TOTHIS PAGE HAS DIED.
IT WAS UNVEILED IN 1968 BY DOUGLAS C. ENGELBART THANKS DOUG. YOU WERE SOMEONE WHO REALLY CLICKED WITH THE WORLD. ------------------------- WHAT THE INTERNET LOOKED LIKE IN 1982: A CLOSER LOOK AT DANNY HILLIS’ VINTAGE DIRECTORY OF USERS ------------------------- TODAY WE LOST ANOTHER PIONEER IN THE COMPUTING WORLD, JACK TRAMIEL1928 – 2012
HE WASN’T NEARLY AS WELL-KNOWN AS STEVE JOBS OR BILL GATES BUT JACK TRAMIEL, FOUNDER OF COMMODORE, WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT. MR. TRAMIEL GAVE HIS COMPUTERS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED AND NOTHING ELSE. COMMODORE’S POPULAR C64 WAS FUNCTIONAL, INEXPENSIVE, AND DOWNRIGHT UGLY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT TRAMIEL WANTED. HE WANTED PRODUCTS THAT GOT THE JOB DONE WITH NO REGARD TO AESTHETICS. TRAMIEL WAS FORCED OUT OF COMMODORE AND BOUGHT ATARI WHERE HE PRODUCED THE ATARI ST IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH COMMODORE, MACINTOSH, IBM PC PLATFORMS OF THE TIME. FROM HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS MAKING TYPEWRITERS AND LED WATCHES, HE MADE A LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN AND THREE SONS. ------------------------- FOUR GREAT BBC RADIO SHOWS ON THE EARLY DAYS OF COMPUTING ------------------------- THE STRANGE BIRTH AND LONG LIFE OF UNIX ------------------------- THANK YOU VERY MUCH STEVE ------------------------- ------------------------- IT LOOKS LIKE LIFEBEFORETWITTER IS NOT THAT LONG AGO AS IT JUST TURNED 5 TODAY, MARCH 21ST, 2011. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWITTER! HAPPY 5TH #BIRTHDAY @TWITTER (CNN) -- THE MESSAGE WAS CRYPTIC. TWO WORDS. NO CONTEXT, NO PUNCTUATION, JUST: "INVITING COWORKERS" BUT THAT SHORT STATEMENT PROVED TO BE ENOUGH TO LAUNCH A GLOBAL PHENOMENON THAT HAS LAUNCHED CAREERS, REUNITED LONG-LOST RELATIVES, AND EVEN, SOME WOULD ARGUE, TOPPLE DICTATORS. IT WAS THE FIRST TWEET. SINCE TWITTER CO-FOUNDER JACK DORSEY POSTED IT ON MARCH 21, 2006, TWITTER HAS REGISTERED NEARLY 200 MILLION USERS WHO NOW POST MORE THAN A BILLION TWEETS EVERY WEEK. DORSEY HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS TWEETING A TIMELINE OF SORTS, SHARING WHAT HE WAS DOING JUST BEFORE THE BIG LAUNCH. ON SUNDAY, HE TWEETED: "5 YRS AGO TODAY, THE EVE OF LAUNCHING TWTTR TO THE COMPANY. MOVING FROM @BIZ, @FLORIAN & ME, TO ALL OF OUR PEERS USING IT. NERVOUS. #TWTTR" HIS ANXIETY CERTAINLY PAID OFF. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, TWITTER HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN A WIDE RANGE OF HEADLINE-MAKING EVENTS, FROM THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION TO CHARLIE SHEEN'S BATTLE WITH CBS. IT'S ALSO BECOME A BUSINESS TOOL, WITH MANY MAJOR COMPANIES NOW USING ACCOUNTS TO ADVERTISE DEALS AND ENCOURAGE WORD-OF-MOUTH MARKETING. TWITTER'S IMPORTANCE IN COMMUNICATION WAS MADE PLAIN DURING THE MOMENTS AFTER JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THIS MONTH. TWITTER SAYS IT SET A RECORD OF 6,939 TWEETS PER SECOND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 9.0-MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK ON MARCH 11, AND 177 MILLION TWEETS WENT OUT AS THE DAY WORE ON. IT TOOK THREE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND A DAY FOR TWITTER TO GET TO ONE BILLION TWEETS. THE SITE NOW AVERAGES 140 MILLION TWEETS A DAY. TWITTER IS A PRIVATELY-HELD COMPANY, SO ITS FINANCES ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC. LAST MONTH, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTED THAT SUITORS WERE VALUING IT AT $8 TO $10 BILLION. ------------------------- THIS IS FRIGGIN AWESOME: THANKS TO MY FRIEND JOSHUA HATTON FOR POSTING THIS. ------------------------- GREAT ARTICLE BY GUY KAWASAKI ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TWITTER TYPES.
------------------------- LIFE WAAAAAY BEFORE TWITTER. DID ARCHIE MARRY VERONICA? WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THAT RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT? CONFUSED? JUST GOPHER IT. THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO SAY BEFORE GOOGLE BECAME A VERB. ARCHIE, VERONICA AND GOPHER WERE THE TERMS FOR SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT I USED TO SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR ARTICLES AND FILES. JUST AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, GROUNDHOG DAY WAS RELEASED, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF GOPHER RUNNING AROUND. THIS ARTICLE IS ALSO FROM 1993 AND OFFERSSOME DEFINITIONS.
------------------------- IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCURRENCE THIS EVENT, I AM POSTING THIS NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED ARTICLE: HOW THE INTERNET GOT ITSRULES . ENJOY.
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