THOUGHTS ON MOST RECENT NEW MEDIA READER :
CHAPTERS 48 AND 49 691-709
CHAPTER 48: "You Say You Want a Revolution? : Hypertext and the Laws of Media" by Stuart Moulthrop, May 1991
THOUGHTS:
- At the start of this article, hypertext was just emerging as a concept to the public, despite it having been theorized decades earlier by Theodor Holm Nelson (Teddy Nelson, to us familiar folk).
- Hypertext didn't start to get popular until 1987. Even Apple Computers was distributing a "hypercard".
- However Hypertext is forever struggling for popularity? To quote, "Possibly Hypertext, like Job's sophisticated NeXT computer, represents an idea that hasn't quite come to the mainstream of postmodern culture, a precocious curio destined to be dug up years from now and called 'strangely ahead of its time.'" How clairvoyant, Sir Moulthrop.
- Another potential name for this article, "Anything would ever want to know about hypertext and more". This class has made me go from knowing nothing about it to knowing all too much. I fear for my dreams tonight.
CHAPTER 49: The End of Books by Robert Coover, June 1992
Will give a full blog report telling you how the lab visit went--hip hip hurrah!
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