@chanezon Gopher thrived in the pre-commercial internet and aspired to be a distributed, searchable library. Menus and Text lost out to pretty pictures and ads. The rest is history.
Even more Gopher Protocol coverage with Mark McCahill and Leo Laporte #retrocomputing
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Even more Gopher Protocol coverage with Mark McCahill and Leo Laporte #retrocomputing
Original: http://www.1500wordmtu.com/2016/even-more-gopher-protocol-coverage-with-mark_mccahill-and-leolaporte...
Even more Gopher Protocol coverage with @Mark_McCahill and @leolaporte
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https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/264
Plus an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Gopher-Nearly-Won-the/237682
Tagged: #gopher
The time Minnesota almost ruled the internet - MPR News with Tom Weber
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Here's an interview with Tim Gihring from Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Weber podcast on August 19, 2016.
Tagged: #gopher
Gopher Cluster Searches (2001) - YouTube
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Gopher Cluster Searches (2001) - YouTube
Conceptual VR Search UI from 2001. GopherVR had a bunch of neat things. Hulk jumps, stonehenge, spiral stonehenge. We used the open source Doom code to implement the software and a lot of graph paper to make the 3d models..
original: http://www.1500wordmtu.com/2016/gopher-cluster-searches-2001---youtube
Gopher Cluster Searches (2001) - YouTube
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Conceptual VR Search UI from 2001. GopherVR had a bunch of neat things. Hulk jumps, stonehenge, spiral stonehenge. We used the open source Doom code to implement the software and a lot of graph paper to make the 3d models..
Tagged: #throwbackthursday #gopher
Welcome to 1500 Word MTU
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This is an experiment. Can I take control of my online life and move it to a place where I have more control? Can I pull my content out of multiple silos? And can I import existing content from other platforms and keep it (somewhat) synced over time so I have a full record of my public online life?
We're going to find out..
The trigger for me was an article about my early days working with the Internet Gopher Community. I had saved most of the email from back then and it was quite easy to reconstruct and remember what happened. I don't think I'll have the luxury for much of what's happening recently. The digital ephemera is spread out too far and wide to reconstruct and reflect.
To get there I'm experimenting with the hosted version of Known, a publishing platform that supports the things that matter to me. I like that it's open source, interoperable and respectful of human effort -- it also supports a number of Indieweb technologies out of the box like WebMention, and brid.gy to pull back content from the Silos.
So.. you're going to see more content in more places as I'll be syndicating out to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. And I'll be sharing more as I document this process.
Silos by Doc Searls / CC BY 2.0
Tagged: #indieweb
Gopher, 25 years on. Long, fun read.
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Gopher, 25 years on. Long, fun read.
Twenty-five years ago, a small band of programmers from the University of Minnesota ruled the internet.
And then they didn’t.
Original: http://www.1500wordmtu.com/2016/gopher-25-years-on-long-fun-read