inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #201 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Mon 18 Jul 22 20:20
    
Check out <http://3611.re/> for a brilliant re-creation of the
electronic phonebook (aka, l'annuaire électronique). The interface
is vintage but the search results are current! 

For comparison, here's a France Telecom ad from 1992 demonstrating
what "Le 11" looked like on actual Minitel hardware:
<https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/publicite/pub3774399020/france-telecom-le-
11-serveur-telematique-service-minitel-annuaire> 

This month is actually the ten year anniversary of the end of
Minitel. (It ran continuously for around thirty years.) France TV 3
recently published a short, accessible documentary series aimed at
young people. The archival footage is amazing:
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxB7hhJZLUR52-s8WTtDTBvm1TQAOLd1h>
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #202 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Tue 19 Jul 22 11:23
    
> Didn't <tex> work for Minitel?

Ding, ding, ding! <tnf> wins today's game of wacky net-history
trivia. That rave video came courtesy of <tex>. 

When Julien and I were grad students, we drove up to Mendocino from
Los Angeles to visit <tex> at KZYX-FM and talk about Minitel. We
came back with a "U.S. Videotel" terminal that was essentially a
French Minitel 1B with a QWERTY keyboard, RJ-11 jacks, and a
three-prong power cord. The terminal now resides in Bloomington with
the rest of our Minitel collection:
<https://minitel.us/terminals/us-minitel-1b>
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #203 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Tue 19 Jul 22 11:39
    
Catching up on the discussion of gender and sysops in <176-180>,
another excellent book is _Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women
Who Made the Internet_ by Claire L. Evans which features Stacy Horn
and Echo:
<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545427/broad-band-by-claire-l-evans/>
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #204 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Tue 19 Jul 22 11:57
    
Thank you to everyone who posted, lurked, and shared in this
discussion over the past few weeks and an extra special thanks to
<jonl> for making it happen. It was a truly unique opportunity for
me. I'm happy to keep the conversation going here, over at <vc.>,
and elsewhere. My mind will be buzzing with your comments for a long
time to come. :,-)
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #205 of 227: Craig Louis (craig1st) Tue 19 Jul 22 12:45
    

It's been great following along here. THANKS
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #206 of 227: those Andropovian bongs (rik) Tue 19 Jul 22 13:03
    
Let me add my thanks as well.  Great discussion.
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #207 of 227: David Gans (tnf) Tue 19 Jul 22 13:12
    
Yes! Thank you!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #208 of 227: Inkwell Co-host (jonl) Tue 19 Jul 22 17:34
    
Topic remains open if people have followup comments... onward,
through the fog!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #209 of 227: Rick Brown (danwest) Thu 21 Jul 22 05:51
    
Enjoyed lurking!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #210 of 227: Nancy White (choco) Thu 21 Jul 22 17:09
    
Great discussion and book! Thanks!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #211 of 227: Jennifer Powell (jnfr) Fri 22 Jul 22 19:09
    
I've enjoyed it.
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #212 of 227: masked and ready! (jet) Thu 4 Aug 22 20:08
    
hOW DID WE GO AN ENTIRE DISCUSSION WITHOUT 7-BIT ascii?
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #213 of 227: Dmitry Mazin (dmitry) Wed 12 Oct 22 18:01
    
<driscoll>, could you send me the syllabus for your Comparative
Histories of the Internet class?
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #214 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Mon 17 Oct 22 18:39
    
Sure! Here is the syllabus I am using this semester:
https://kevindriscoll.info/teaching/mdst3504-syllabus-22f-2022-08-10.pdf

I'm planing a big overhaul before next year so if you have
suggestions, I'm all ears. :)
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #215 of 227: Inkwell Co-host (jonl) Wed 19 Oct 22 07:11
    
Thanks, Kevin!

Are you working on another book?
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #216 of 227: Dmitry Mazin (dmitry) Wed 19 Oct 22 13:30
    
Thank you, Kevin.
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #217 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Thu 20 Oct 22 08:05
    
<jonl> Yes! But I can't jinx myself by talking about it yet ;)
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #218 of 227: Inkwell Co-host (jonl) Thu 20 Oct 22 15:10
    
We're waiting on pins and needles!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #219 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Thu 10 Nov 22 13:53
    
If you're curious to hear other folks responding to these themes,
ISSUES in Science and Technology recently published a forum about
the book and the idea of "imagining a better internet". The
contributors are all brilliant thinkers and critics: Tamara Kneese,
Finn Brunton, Avery Dame-Griff, Kat Brewster, and Frances Corry.

https://issues.org/imagining-better-internet-driscoll-forum/
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #220 of 227: Inkwell Co-host (jonl) Fri 11 Nov 22 07:00
    
Cool, thanks!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #221 of 227: Blair Helsing (blairh) Wed 23 Nov 22 13:16
    
BBS operators from the early '90s had a reunion this month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck46PiGgrbQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link


The BBS was the "World Percussion Network". Its intent lives on in
the website pas.org. 
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #222 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Tue 9 Apr 24 12:33
    
Hi everyone,

If you're in the Bay Area, I'm flying out for an event at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Come say hello!

DIALED IN 
THE PREHISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIA
with Kevin Driscoll, danah boyd, and Marc Weber

Thursday, April 25, 2024
7:00 PM PT (10:00 PM ET)

Live and streaming online:
https://computerhistory.org/events/dialed-in/
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #223 of 227: David Gans (tnf) Tue 9 Apr 24 17:37
    
Hi Kevin!
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #224 of 227: Plutopian (jonl) Thu 11 Apr 24 07:03
    
That sounds very cool! 
  
inkwell.vue.520 : Kevin Driscoll: The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
permalink #225 of 227: Kevin Driscoll (driscoll) Thu 11 Apr 24 09:18
    
Hi!!
  

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