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Re: "I would like to start an informal hypertext club. This..."
The wikipedia definition basically sums it up, although Ted Nelson's is useful: "a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in a complex way that it could not be conveniently represented on paper."
Certainly should not be limited to HTML as a topic of discussion—and likewise I think a rather open definition like Nelson's is useful given its wide application (especially in an environment like this one, which serves as an alternative to the reigning hypertext experiences found on the internet as HanzBrix mentions).
Dec 13 · 5 days ago
🚀 stack · Dec 13 at 21:52:
@HanzBrix: I don't think it's hypertext per se that is the problem with the web... I'd point my finger at capitalism and the lack of a free market, an economic abomination that creates an abusive environment for users, who are basically cattle.
I would like to start an informal hypertext club. This would be for anyone who is interested in hypertext: its history, development, latest research and thinking around it, etc. This wouldn’t be just a space for computer scientists or very technical people; since its beginning, the hypertext community has extended across many disciplines, whether the cognitive-science roots of Vannevar Bush’s Memex concept, or hypertext’s rich storytelling potential (as explored by authors/artists/literary...