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Hackaday Links: November 24, 2024 https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/ #HackadayColumns #perpetualmotion #WardChristensen #opticalsorting #Hackadaylinks #bulletinboard #hackadaylinks #machinevision #simulation #Smartring #timepiece #wearable #openems #XMODEM #Atmos #casio #clock #KiCAD #watch #bbs #emc

Hackaday Links: November 24, 2024 - We received belated word this week of the passage of Ward Christensen, who died un... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/ #hackadaycolumns #perpetualmotion #wardchristensen #opticalsorting #hackadaylinks #bulletinboard #machinevision #simulation #smartring #timepiece #wearable #openems #xmodem #atmos #casio #clock #kicad #watch #bbs #emc

R.I.P. Ward Christensen

Co-Creator of one of the earliest forms of Social Media — BBS

https://youtu.be/j2nkEuESNa4

#BBS #CBBS #retroComputing #socialMedia #vintageComputing #wardChristensen

#Requiescat For #WardChristensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/

Before the world wide web arrived in my house, I used to dial in to local BBSes (which were advertised in the Yellow Pages!) and download Commander Keen and other shareware games. It was a good—though brief—time before the internet swallowed everything.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78

#bbs #WardChristensen #shareware

'On Friday, #WardChristensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (#BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with #RandySuess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today.'

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/

Sad to hear of #LillyLedbetter passing on. My spouse met her a few times. Her work was so important & so glad there was an act named after her.

Also sad to hear of #WardChristensen passing on. BBS were the only way this non-drinking introvert could meet people back then.

@arstechnica this is sad. It was the #bbs world that got me online at such speeds as 300 and 1200 baud and in 40x20 characters with at best 4 colours. I was still able to send email though.... ahh #fidonet

RIP #wardchristensen online pioneer.