Comments on: Future of The Web - Part I - A History http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/ Connecting People With Technology Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Going Hyper-Local - Location Based Internet | WOWNDADI http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/#comment-7099 Going Hyper-Local - Location Based Internet | WOWNDADI Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:37:27 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=522#comment-7099 [...] based services. I should explain my fascination, since it is even stranger than you think. Way back when I first encountered communications networks I was gripped by the way they enabled me to transcend geography. Suddenly I could speak with people [...] [...] based services. I should explain my fascination, since it is even stranger than you think. Way back when I first encountered communications networks I was gripped by the way they enabled me to transcend geography. Suddenly I could speak with people [...]

]]> By: Caught by CauseWired | WOWNDADI @ redcatco http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/#comment-6083 Caught by CauseWired | WOWNDADI @ redcatco Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:17:21 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=522#comment-6083 [...] is worth remembering where I am coming from here. I got into the Internet because I was captivated by the power it had to connect people, and the things that happened when [...] [...] is worth remembering where I am coming from here. I got into the Internet because I was captivated by the power it had to connect people, and the things that happened when [...]

]]> By: Future of The Web - Part II - The Future | WOWNDADI http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/#comment-2737 Future of The Web - Part II - The Future | WOWNDADI Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:53 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=522#comment-2737 [...] Technology tagged futureofweb, InnovationEdge, nesta, TBL A minutely belated follow up to “Future of The Web - Part I - A History“, these are the rest of my thoughts on the NESTA “Future of the Web“ session (the video [...] [...] Technology tagged futureofweb, InnovationEdge, nesta, TBL A minutely belated follow up to “Future of The Web - Part I - A History“, these are the rest of my thoughts on the NESTA “Future of the Web“ session (the video [...]

]]> By: Benjamin http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/#comment-2666 Benjamin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:29:01 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=522#comment-2666 A wonderful chap (and friend) called Gorgon Laing wrote a photo book: "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Retro-Evolution-Personal-Computer/dp/078214330X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215707109&sr=8-5" rel="nofollow">The Evolution And Design Of The Personal Computer</a>" which is a prize possession. ZX Spectrum, the C64, and many others all in there. It sounds like it might have been Prestel, which was many UK folks first on-line experience. It used teletext graphics (1K per page!!!) and had loads of colours (like 7 or so). I'd forgotten about that! Thank you, Kate. I wonder what else I've forgotten from those days! A wonderful chap (and friend) called Gorgon Laing wrote a photo book: “The Evolution And Design Of The Personal Computer” which is a prize possession. ZX Spectrum, the C64, and many others all in there.

It sounds like it might have been Prestel, which was many UK folks first on-line experience. It used teletext graphics (1K per page!!!) and had loads of colours (like 7 or so). I’d forgotten about that! Thank you, Kate.

I wonder what else I’ve forgotten from those days!

]]> By: Kate Davis http://redcatco.com/blog/technology/future-of-the-web-part-i/#comment-2657 Kate Davis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:30:39 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=522#comment-2657 I found this a very interesting read because I also remember my first computer and the first time I linked to other computers before the internet. Our first computer was actually a games console that played pong like games. I don't remember playing the games, but I remember we found the parcel left on the doorstep by the postman and I was completely perplexed about what this thing was and why we would want one. We had a variety of computers after this including a spectrum and the one I remember most vividly the Amstrad CPC 464. I don't remember my first time connecting well because I was watching my father doing it and again I was confused about what was going on. I remember there were graphics, but they were simple and came up line and by line and that we won a pen through whatever computer we were connected to, possibly something connected to gold dust?? I found this a very interesting read because I also remember my first computer and the first time I linked to other computers before the internet.

Our first computer was actually a games console that played pong like games. I don’t remember playing the games, but I remember we found the parcel left on the doorstep by the postman and I was completely perplexed about what this thing was and why we would want one. We had a variety of computers after this including a spectrum and the one I remember most vividly the Amstrad CPC 464.

I don’t remember my first time connecting well because I was watching my father doing it and again I was confused about what was going on. I remember there were graphics, but they were simple and came up line and by line and that we won a pen through whatever computer we were connected to, possibly something connected to gold dust??

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