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Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by officeplant »

weinzierl wrote: post #43
zamnos wrote: post #2

> P.P.P.P.S. Ha, I’ve thought of one more thing: I’ve turned comments on for this post! kottke.org used to allow comments on every post, but it’s been almost 8 years since the last time they were on. The most telling point of the post was at the very end. Gosh we were so young and naive. Just setup a website to accept comments from all over the world. How exciting! Who knows who might visit! And we'll learn about how…

> Gosh we were so young and naive. Yes, but coming from a world where a long-distance call cost you a fortune, where the only way to talk to strangers from far away was ham radio (or physical travel), where a message took days, sometimes weeks to reach the recipient, it was somewhat inevitable.

My dad and his buddies maintained their own CB Towers in our rural southern back yards to get around expensive land line bills. Added benefit of it freeing up the phone lines access to the BBS we hosted for the computer savvy among the farmers.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by tiffanyh »

I never understood what the big deal is about Kottke.org and I’ve been on the intraweb since early 90s.

Not being a hater. Just never understood the passion.

Maybe the appeal is he was one of the first to monetize being a blogger.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by mesh »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #35
mesh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, now, those images bring back a lot of memories. I was in a similar boat. My early blog made money for me through affiliate sales for books about Flash, which eventually led to me writing books on Generator / Flash, which led to a job at Macromedia, which led to me reaching out and recognizing people in the community! Miss blogs and the culture around them so much. Here are some more images of some of that Macro…

Dude, you are Mike Chambers. You are one of the person who made one of the biggest impact in my life and career. Your email that fateful day inviting me to be a "Macromedia Champion" (or something like that in 2002-ish) and the eventual "Lego" invite changed my life and career. It was the time I was in between jobs and was helping out everyone everywhere with Flash problems. Man, you are making me cry. You made me si…

It really cool to hear from you. Was excited when I saw your post. Such amazing times!

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by Karrot_Kream »

tiffanyh wrote: post #82

I never understood what the big deal is about Kottke.org and I’ve been on the intraweb since early 90s. Not being a hater. Just never understood the passion. Maybe the appeal is he was one of the first to monetize being a blogger.

Yeah same here but it's fun to see all the nostalgia nonetheless :D Some names I haven't heard in ages in these threads.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by prepend »

I love the quote he referenced from Halt and Catch Fire…

> Amazing possibility to be able to go anywhere within something that is magnificent and never-ending.” Halt and Catch Fire, season3, episode 10, ~34:00 Joe MacMillian (played by Lee Pace) (talking about a childhood trip to New York City, also related to the internet in 1990)

I love when things I noticed are noticed by others as well. It’s interesting and a glimpse into the unmeasured, uncommunicated worlds that I think people have but don’t really have a reason to talk about, so they don’t. But it still exists.

Filed under secret history, dark wealth, etc.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by uthinter »

progmetaldev wrote: post #56
uthinter wrote: post #37

Also a very nice shout out to my favourite show in the article : Halt and Catch Fire.

One of only a few shows that actually presented tech as it really was in the early days. I was depressed when the show was finished.

I was very sad too when it finished. But I think it had one of the best runs and ending possible. I wouldnt have wanted it any other way.

One thing I loved about that era of computing is that it was possible to know the whole computer from the bottom up. I dont think it will now ever be possible.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by Brajeshwar »

pixelbath wrote: post #70
mesh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, now, those images bring back a lot of memories. I was in a similar boat. My early blog made money for me through affiliate sales for books about Flash, which eventually led to me writing books on Generator / Flash, which led to a job at Macromedia, which led to me reaching out and recognizing people in the community! Miss blogs and the culture around them so much. Here are some more images of some of that Macro…

Wow, both you guys were (a couple of) my heroes back in the Actionscript days. Thanks for all you did back then, because it gave my coding skills a heck of a boost in my early career.

Awesome. Thank you for your kind words. I'm flattered and you made me smile.

Re: Kottke.org is 25 years old today

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Post by progmetaldev »

uthinter wrote: post #87
progmetaldev wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of only a few shows that actually presented tech as it really was in the early days. I was depressed when the show was finished.

I was very sad too when it finished. But I think it had one of the best runs and ending possible. I wouldnt have wanted it any other way. One thing I loved about that era of computing is that it was possible to know the whole computer from the bottom up. I dont think it will now ever be possible.

I realize that you might not see my reply, as it's been over a week, but I agree with you. Approaching my mid-40s, I learned about computers through Atari 8-bit systems. Even just working with Atari BASIC back then, there was so much you could do compared to high-level languages now. We may be in trouble eventually when the hackers of old have passed on, and we're left with the need to move away from current computer architectures due to limitations, and the number of people able to invent and work with low-level tech are few and far between.
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