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===== COLIN COGLE'S BLOG =====
"Plain Text in Plain Sight: Smaller Alternatives to the World Wide Web"
by Colin Cogle
Written May 28, 2022.
First published in "2600: The Hacker Quarterly", Volume 39:2.
Re-published online February 6, 2023.
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ABSTRACT:
The Web is growing more bloated and invasive every day, but it's not
the only way to share information online.
READ THE ARTICLE:
Read the article (plain text).
Read the article (on Gemini).
Read the article (on the web).
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:
RFC 1436: "The internet gopher protocol"
Cameron Kaiser - "Why Is Gopher Still Relevant?"
Clarissa Littler - "Solderpunk Interview"
James Tomasino - "What makes gopher special".
"Project Gemini Speculative Specification."
Steven Frank - "First Playdates Shipping"
The Register - "The Return of Gopher: Pre-web hypertext service is still around…
Wired - "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet."