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"The Friendly Orange Glow" is a wonderful book about the development, implementation, and ultimate downfall of the Plato system. Well worth the read!
by EncomLab 2y ago
"The Friendly Orange Glow" is a wonderful book about the development, implementation, and ultimate downfall of the Plato system. Well worth the read!
- whatrocks 2y agoLove this book. I did a short interview with the author Brian Dear about his writing tools + process a while back. Perhaps my favorite anecdote is that he started working on this book in 1985, using MSDOS and later a NeXT cube for his notes. The authorial process truly experienced the full gamut of personal storage mediums over the years. https://writeswith.com/interviews/brian-dear/ https://writeswith.com/interviews/brian-dear/
- disqard 2y agoI discovered (and thoroughly enjoyed reading) the book thanks to that interview! Thank You So Much :)
- mst 2y agoIt's fantastic - I read very little book length non-fiction (because I largely read books in bed to relax, 10k+ word essays or entire documentation sites are a different matter), but it was gripping, thoughtful, beautiful, and so, so much worth it. It made enough of an impression on a subset of the users that I believe the free-to-access cyber1 system is still going and has (just) enough people on it to retain some of the social aspects.
- musicale 2y agoI also liked TFOG. I wish PLATO were more widely available (especially with all of the software for education, science, communication, and [importantly!] games) for examination, emulation, experimentation, and general use.