Re: Xanadu meme, a case study

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu 26 Jan 2006 - 02:59:57 GMT

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    Sure, Keith, give it a try. The more the merrier.

    Bill B

    on 1/25/06 2:33 PM, Keith Henson at hkhenson@rogers.com wrote:

    > At 12:29 AM 1/25/2006 -0500, Bill Benzon wrote:
    >> Posted over at The Valve, where we're discussing Franco Moretti's *Graphs,
    >> Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History.* I've written a piece
    >> on Xanadu.
    >>
    >> Bill B
    >
    > snip
    >
    >> Continued at:
    >>
    >> http://tinyurl.com/cwzaj
    >
    > Fascinating article Bill, especially to one of the last two people who
    > worked on the Xanadu (hypertext) code.
    >
    > Besides making several of the top spots on the first page, xanadu "Ted
    > Nelson" accounts for about 5% of the total hits on Xanadu.
    >
    > I think I have a current email contact for Ted. He may not remember, but I
    > can ask him why he called the project Xanadu if you like.
    >
    > Best wishes,
    >
    > Keith Henson
    >
    >
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