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Bill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams, created HyperCard, one of the first successful hypermedia systems, after a thought-provoking LSD trip. He died on June 5, 2025. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] awesomesauce309@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago

Rest in peace.

Hypermedia lead me down the rabbit hole. Did you know DARPA and MIT had a streetview like map of Aspen CO in 1978! There was an image taken in the cardinal directions every 10 feet down the middle of all the streets. You could click on houses and museums and see pictures of the inside or look at restaurant menus. They stored it all on laserdisc.