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Arguably, _The Jargon File_: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html and _Zen and the Art of the Internet_ http
by WillAdams 2y ago
Arguably, _The Jargon File_:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html
and _Zen and the Art of the Internet_
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34
should be a part of the school curriculum covering the internet.
While specific to the Mac, one wishes:
https://folklore.org/0-index.html https://folklore.org/0-index.html
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40492.Revolution_in_The_Valley https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40492.Revolution_in_T...
was more widely read (and that it was updated with stories of turning OPENSTEP into Mac OS X), and if there is a similar site for Windows which collected stories such as:
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-review/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev...
- piltdownman 2y agoFolklore.org starts off as an engaging and fascinating whistle-stop tour of a bunch of mad geniuses creating a personal computing revolution. It ends up being a series of cautionary tales about Steve Jobs from a defeated and depressed Woz. Mostly about how he can't understand how someone can act so devoid of empathy.
- WillAdams 2y agoYeah, it was kind of saddening when watching a video interview which covers the later timeframe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42585332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42585332
- piltdownman 2y agoThe saddest story of the lot though was about WozFest and the complete scumbag Bill Graham https://folklore.org/US_Festival.html?sort=date https://folklore.org/US_Festival.html?sort=date
- StableAlkyne 2y agoI wish the jargon file was still updated, it's such an interesting window into the compsci culture back then