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I've been in this industry for 23 years. A LOT has changed...but I expect I'll be in in for 20-25 more, so I occasionally freak out about how much I know that
by ergothus 8y ago
I've been in this industry for 23 years. A LOT has changed...but I expect I'll be in in for 20-25 more, so I occasionally freak out about how much I know that will be as irrelevant as what I learned in '95 was. (A lot carries over, but...so much doesn't).
Back then we had only physical servers (as a practical concern), Linux was considered risky to rely on, there was no social media, and everything on the web was expressed in highway metaphors and spoken of in capital letters ("The World Wide Web"). "Digital" was considered a fancy word, and to the average geek high speed access meant ISDN, while the average person was just starting to be able to imitate a 14400 baud modem connection sound. Wireless wasn't a thing (draft standard I think) and usenet was actually usable.
- eponeponepon 8y agoMan I miss Usenet. Last time I used a news client was 2006, working at a firm that had an internal NNTP server for announcements, general chatter, for sale ads etc. I don't think anyone under 30 would have a clue what to do with newsgroups these days.
- snaky 8y agoreddit.com/r/usenet/ is active. But it's not about text anymore.
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agoThe Information Superhighway
- cdcfa78156ae5 8y ago> usenet was actually usable When did it stop? comp.lang.* is still pretty active.
- ergothus 8y agosnippets here and there keep trucking, but I think it's fair to say Usenet in it's entirety is not what it used to be.
- snaky 8y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/9h6cwt/is_usenet_only_for_file_sharing_now_oh_gosh_i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/9h6cwt/is_usenet_on...