Annabel Scheme
I found myself dreaming about designs that might satisfy my requirements, while also supporting new interactions, new ways of relating, new aesthetics. At the same time, I read a ton about the early days of the internet. I devoured oral histories; I dug into old protocols.
Robin Sloan • Specifying Spring '83
Behind each rearrangement I felt the hand that selected the book, an individual intelligence, rather than a singular formula. Browsing was a way of discovering new things; one could argue that Amazon’s formula of “if you like this, you’ll like that” functions similarly, but the connections at McNally were less direct and literal. They expanded the
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Steven Kotler • Last Tango in Cyberspace: A Novel
How might you help people find new things on the internet? How might you give new things on the internet a meaningful audition, without turning it all into a game that can (and will) be hacked and mastered?