Written, directed, performed, edited and published by Justin Hall, www.links.net
30 July 2015 - with gratitude to people I've listed below and apologies for errata. Corrections will live at http://overshare.links.net/credits.html as long as it does. Warning: these links below may contain content both mature and immature:
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Electric Coconut" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ต Joseph Lamb "Sensation Rag"
๐ฅ Images:
๐บ Call for Help with Leo Laporte ZDTV, 22 September 1998
๐ Walter Isaacson, author Steve Jobs & The Innovators from the Justin Hall Show, November 2013
๐บ Conversation with Denise Caruso from The Site with Soledad O'Brien
MSNBC, 3 September 1996
๐ฐ Jeffrey Rosen "Your Blog or Mine?" from the New York Times Magazine, December 14, 2004
๐บ "The last VLOG!" YouTube post by Safranski of "Dark Night" video by Justin Hall, 14 January 2005
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Ruter" from Superlife, Planet Mu Records, 2008
๐ต All Star Orchestra "Add A Little Wiggle" Victor 21423-B, 1 May 1928.
๐ต The Gasman "Gleem" from House, Gasman Music, 2014.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ computer and heart icon courtesy of Pixabay.com
๐ป Pixellated Justin icon: Jane Pinckard
๐ Apple II Plus computer photograph by Bilby, Wikimedia Commons
๐พ Gameplay videos courtesy of Highretrogamelord89 on YouTube:
๐ Zork: The Great Underground Empire by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling with Infocom, 1979
๐ฐ Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple ][ by Silas Warner with Muse Software, 1981
๐ Taipan! by Art Canfill with Mega Micro Computers, 1982
๐ Choplifter for the Apple ][ by Dan Gorlin with Brรธderbund, 1982
๐ Olympic Decathalon by Microsoft for Apple ][, 1981
โ๏ธ Swashbuckler by Paul Stephenson with Datamost, 1982
๐ฟ Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure for Apple ][ Robert Clardy with Synergistic Software, 1980
๐ Sierra On-line BBS, Coarsegold, CA (209) 683-4463
๐ข Matrix Numbers Falling Free HD Animation by FootageIsland
๐ฐ Justin Hall, "Computer Geek's Dream" Francis W. Parker Weekly, 14 December 1991
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Gleem" from House, Gasman Music, 2014.
๐ต The Gasman "Sync" from Superlife, Planet Mu Records, 2008.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "Last Track" from Magic Maple, Praemedia, 2004.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ฅ Swarthmore College walkway in 1996 from Doug Block's Home Page, 1999
๐ฐ John Markoff, "A Free and Simple Computer Link" New York Times, 8 December 1993
๐ป Glimpse of the Future by Richard Seltzer and Berthold Langer for DEC in February 1994
๐ฅ footage of young Justin from Understanding The Internet by Andrew Cochoran & Associates, shot 1994 released 1995
๐ฌ Business card caricature based on a drawing of Hunter S. Thompson by Ben Gordon
๐ฐ Image slicing for 3D sliding background effect: Nuwan Sujith, Mark Kevin via Fiverr.com
๐ Eudora email client imagery courtesy of Access Internet Communication, Inc.
๐ Macintosh OS 7.5.3 purple desktop pattern #128 courtesy of Mike Richardson
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "RXG3" from Superlife, Planet Mu Records, 2008.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "En Gaard" from Talon Slalom Deluxe Records, 2002.
๐ต Kevin MacLeod - "Surf Inspector" Incompetech.com, 2008.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "Benadrilled And Taking On Water" from Magic Maple Praemedia, 2004.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "Manners" from Emblem Album Aagoo, 2013.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ฅ footage of HotWired offices & employees from Understanding The Internet by Andrew Cochoran & Associates, shot 1994 released 1995
๐ Cyborganic logo by Tricia McGillis and Lisa Meckler, nรฉe Seaman
๐ฎ "Thee Cyborganic Be-In" 1992 flyer from Hyperreal's SFRaves 1990s San Francisco rave flyers archive
๐ Howard Rheingold animation by Shlomo Goltz
๐ Virtual Community book by Howard Rheingold, MIT Press 1993
๐จ Howard Rheingold, sketches from HotWired design brainstorm, May 18, 1994
โก๏ธ Web Publishing Empowerment 1995 Justin Hall at RAND Corporation from New Directions for News
๐ San Francisco (1955 Cinemascope film) by Tullio Pellegrini
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Flounce" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ต The Gasman "Frolic" from Powerpoints Planet Mu Records, 2010.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "On The Rim Of The World" from Magic Maple Praemedia, 2004.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ซ Swarthmore Unscripted video 2012, Jon Huberth on YouTube
๐ Web Growth Summary statistics from Matthew Gray, MIT 1996
๐จ Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch ~1500
๐ photo of the Greyhound toy by Chrisp Collectibles
๐ photos from the 1996 summer bus trip mostly May and June
๐ NCSA What's New, January 1994
๐ฅ footage of Hotbot search engine in 1996 by Jiลรญ Peterka, from the Museum of Czech Internet
โฐ Barcode generator by Yanobox
๐ Caribbean near Tulum by Mindaugas Danys
๐จ Hallway at The D, downtown Las Vegas by Stanistani
๐ Eyeball Rotating - Green Screen Animation from FootageIsland
๐ฅ 1996 footage from Home Page by Doug Block, 1999
๐ท web ethics class photos from Sarah Leen, part of 24 hours in Cyberspace by Rick Smolan, Que Macmillan 1996
๐ Justin Hall performing "TSS iDance" Interpretive Dance about the Internet, Psychology 48: Technology, Self and Society
Swarthmore College, Spring 1997
๐ footage from Swarthmore College Commencement 1998
๐ผ Music:
๐ฑ Palm Treo ringtone
๐ต Kevin MacLeod "Mining by Moonlight" Incompetech.com, 2012.
๐บ "Jazz Trumpet Loops Pack in F 90 bpm" by Mihai Sorohan, Freesound.org
๐ ๐ผ "eki-melo" recordings from train stations on the ๅฑฑๆ็ท Yamanote line courtesy of melody.pos.to:
๐ ไบๅ็ฐ้ง
Gotanda Station
๐ ๆธ่ฐท้ง
Shibuya Station
๐ ๅๅฎฟ้ง
Harajuku Station
๐ต The Gasman "Snake's Wedding" from Superlife, Planet Mu Records, 2008.
๐ฅ Images:
๐บ "ZDTV Promo" 1998, posted by Barovelli on YouTube
๐บ Web Workshop with Justin Hall on ZDTV's Call for Help 22 September 1998 starring Leo Laporte
๐บ Justin Hall & Web Workshop on ZDTV's Call for Help 29 September 1998 starring Kate Botello
๐ค logo for Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau by Ronnie Harris
๐ผ Justin nekkid photo by Claire Mooney
๐ฏ๐ต Photographs from Japan: Keitai (mobile phone) culture, Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan, Capsule Hotel Fontaine Akasaka, Tokyo subway, Tetsugakudou Ramen, Mount Fuji Buddhist Temple Trance Dance Speed Rave,
็ฉดๅฅด้ท Anadorei, ใใ๏ผจ Department H ๆฑไบฌ, ใฉใใใใซใใซใณๆธ่ฐท Hotel Paruko Shibuya, ้ถดใฎๆนฏ, ็ง็ฐ็ Tsurunoyu Onsen, ๆจชๆๅธ Yokote Bonden ritual, cat dick
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Snake's Wedding" from Superlife, Planet Mu Records, 2008.
๐ต Harry Roy And His Mayfair Hotel Orchestra "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
๐ต The Gasman "Dodgem" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ต The Gasman "Broken CD Player" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ต The Gasman "Glacรฉ" from 003 Gasman Music, 2011.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "Cygnet" from Gular Flutter Aagoo, 2008.
๐ต Kevin MacLeod "Disco Sting" Incompetech.com, 2007.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ Justin Hall "Where the Geeks Are: Unruly Tech Mecca Slashdot.Org Survives Success" from Rolling Stone Magazine, August 19, 1999
๐ Justin Hall "Battle_of_the_gaming_giants" from Salon, May 18, 2001
๐ Justin Hall "Ethics in Video Game Journalism" from Online Journalism Review in April 2003
๐ซ Visit the University of Southern California from USC on YouTube, October 2011
๐บ "The last VLOG!" YouTube post by Safranski of "Dark Night" video by Justin Hall, 14 January 2005
๐พ Comments on Justin's Links Wordless, January 2005
๐ Reyhan Harmanci, "Time to get a life - pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31" from the San Francisco Chronicle, 20 February 2005
๐ "just when you thought you couldnt hate emos anymore" thread on EBaum's World, 2005
๐ป last.fm/user/justinallyn 2004-era top listening charts
๐ท flickr.com/photos/justin scroll 2003-2005
๐พ "Remember...? (WoW 2005-2008)" by Shadowguard / jigidog
๐บ What is PMOG? A Screencast on the eve of launch, May 2008
โฐ "GameLayers Raises 500k for Games Over Web Browsing" from Alarm Clock, 22 October 2007
๐ฐ GameLayers Funding Rounds from CrunchBase
๐ฐ Erika Naone "All the Internet's a Game" from the MIT Technology Review 22 April 2008
๐ฐ Michael Arrington "Play A Multiplayer Online Game While Surfing The Web: PMOG" from Techcrunch 2 February 2008
๐ฐ Mary Jane Irwin "A New Type of Game Turns Web Surfing Into All-Out Information Warfare" from Wired Magazine March 2008
๐ฅ GameLayers photo by Beth Amann
๐ USC graduation footage courtesy of Trojan Vision Television, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
๐๏ธ GameLayers articles, videos, charts from links.net/vita/gamelayers
๐ Links.net Most Eligible Bachelor Pictures by Tim Shundo
๐ฉ PMOG/The Nethernet Mine Dive art by Colin Adams
๐ Slow Motion water-spitting footage from Mission Science Workshop; thanks to Sam Haynor and Will Greene
๐ผ Music:
๐ต The Gasman "Rotor" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ต Blevin Blectum "As a Bird Watches the Eyes of a Snake" from Magic Maple, Praemedia, 2004.
๐ต The Gasman "Twit" from The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu, 2005.
๐ฅ Images:
๐ spinning earth FVBHD0056 from Free Video Backs
๐ Spiderweb Construction Kit by Fox Mahoney
๐ Utility Arrow by Fox Mahoney
๐ป Vector mountains inspired by Battlezone by Atari, 1980
๐๏ธ Pixel Grid by Mikey Bouchereau
๐จ Wispy Smoke Blowing from Epic Slow Mo
โ
๏ธ Clouds 5 from OrangeHD
๐ Desert from AlexFreeStockVideo
๐ฅ Matchstick Lighting from Epic Slow Mo
๐ Map Monitor from FootageIsland
๐ IP Activity Visualization by Dario Villanueva Ablanedo
๐ค "Faces of Tech":
๐ Jody Morris "computers"
๐ Miguel Vaca "Obama and his BlackBerry"
๐ Josuรฉ Goge "ยฟQue dice el mensaje?"
๐ Garry Knight "Malaysia Night 2013 - 01"
๐ Garry Knight "Friends with Mobile Phones"
๐ Kyle Taylor "www.StopNomad.com"
๐ Marco Gomes "Campus Party 2008"
๐ Sam Pullara "Anna's Grandma entranced by watching Anna on the iPhone"
๐ Rochelle Hartman "Sunday morning in the kitchen - daily image 2011 February 6"
๐ OER Africa "Students and Laptop II"
๐ Michael Surran students with computer
๐ Powell Burns "Aida takes a shot"
๐ Eduardo Merille "iphone baby portrait"
๐ก Stage with Wall of Light by FootageIsland
๐ฅ 1996 footage from Home Page by Doug Block, 1999
๐ pencil, image icons by Linh Pham Thi Dieu
๐ฆ "Process 10" (2005-2010) by Casey Reas, courtesy of bitforms gallery
๐จ chains inspired by psyche-locks in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series, 2001
๐ฅ Talking Crowd 2 by 2512loko
๐ Outer Space and Ghost Nebula by FootageIsland
โ
๏ธ Clouds 3 from OrangeHD
๐ท Cameras: Lumix GH2 from Kenyatta Cheese, iPhone 6 from Ilyse Magy, Sony HDR-SR1
๐ก Studio lights: Howard Rheingold
๐ค AT2020 desktop microphone and Apple iSight webcam: Howard Rheingold
๐ Hair Stylist: Judy Maas, Partners for Hair
๐ Wardrobe consultants: all them ppl on Facebook 24 September 2014
๐ญ Consulting editors: Jules Beesley and Ryan Junell
๐ Consulting audio engineer: Thomas "Gench" Dimuzio
๐ Soundtrack consultant: Jon "Wobbly" Leidecker
๐ฌ I edited using Final Cut Pro X plus Motion 5 for this project. I paid for Producers Best Friend helped me understand the data feeding my project, and Final Cut Library Manager to keep track of files.
I used free music, free software, free effects, free visuals whenever possible. The music of Blevin Blectum & The Gasman appears in this film by special permission. When I had the okay to use a video from YouTube, I used ClipConverter.cc to download MP4 files. A portion of the proceeds for this film will go to support a mix of causes including the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia), the Internet Archive / WayBack Machine, Creative Commons, plus $ to folks who made plugins, graphics, sounds, and expertise available free online. I took advantage of free lessons from generous FCPx teachers including Alex Gollner, T. Payton, Larry Jordan, Mark Spencer and Steve Martin.
Recovering old media is challenging; thanks to these folks for their hard work preserving digital history:
Olia Lialina's project Prof. Dr. Style: Top 10 Web Design Styles of 1993 (Vernacular Web 3), July 2010
Cameron Kaiser for help running old software, including X-Windows Mosaic in OSX
Installing WordPerfect for the Mac on Intel Macs allowed me to run NCSA Mosaic 1.0 for Mac on a 2015-era computer, thanks to Edward Mendelson
And thanks to the Mishawaka font research and recovery team!
๐ These folks watched and gave feedback: Will Rogers, Jamie Wilkinson, Ilyse Magy, Howard Rheingold, Lori McClurg, Jim McClurg, Joan Hall, Jules Beesley, Peggy Weil, Christopher Sikkenga, Jennifer Secord, Tom Wiltzius, James Defebaugh, Ben Cerveny, Rachel Cassandra, Gideon Wald, Miju Han, Elias Wald, Cassidy Wald, Colin Hall, Amanda Hall, Ryan Junell, Jon Leidecker, Adam Fisher, and students of Howard Rheingold's Winter 2015 Social Media Issues class Stanford COMM 282.
Thanks to my readers and viewers and listeners for sharing your attention with me. Years learning from you leads me to believe we are ultimately co-participants in a culture of mutual amusement and respect.
Thanks to all my sponsors and patrons through Paypal, Amazon, Patreon, VHX, couches, checks, cash and good cheer. You've invested your resources in my exploratory communications and I am so honored.Thank you to my family and friends for abiding me amidst my public searching.
Thanks to Dad for sanding up my oyster.
Thanks to George for showing me how to stick around.
Thanks to Mom for being a mother and a father, a breadwinner, friend, teacher, role model and travel companion for life. Her unswerving faith in my potential to leave the world a better place has driven me to want to make my privileges, largely the result of her hard work, accessible to people beyond my ken.
Thanks to my partner Ilyse Iris Magy. She lent her eyes, her hands, her phone camera, her insight and her communications expertise to this project. She encourages me to experiment with my story in public. I could not have made this film without her support.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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