Jason Scott's Weblog
You know those stories where you go “man, when I write out the big long memoir and history, that’s gonna be one fuckin’ funny chapter”? And then you don’t? And then they’re gone? This is one of those, except it’s not going to be gone. I’m putting it here, after reading this excellent analysis of […]
I know, lots of things are on my plate and all of us are very busy with whatever has the emotive grip of the world on any moment on twitter, but I suddenly had this weird realization. Who designed Mr. Do!? This is what Mr. Do! looks like: Depending on how rich or poor you […]
Obviously other things are starting to come to the forefront with regards to saving digital history, but starting projects and not seeing them to fruition/completion is no way to go about life, even if it’s a business plan for some people. So, the Geocities Torrent, a 900gb monster compressed to 643gb and spread via the […]
OK, just a few days into my Archiving position at Archive.org, I think we’ve had enough time before I start initiating new projects. In Archive.org’s realm, you can add “items”, which can be movies or books or software or what have you. You can then put those items into a “collection”, which is where you […]
I figured I’d show you what I wrote as notes for my presentation at the Internet Archive. The audio from this presentation is here. (20min, 28mb). PRESENTATION BY JASON SCOTT PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING CONFERENCE 2011 FEBRUARY 24, 2011 INTERNET ARCHIVE, SAN FRANCISCO HEADQUARTERS There is nothing more tiring than an activist. They’re boring in conversation, […]
Let’s just cut to the excellent, ass-kicking chase. This month, I was offered and accepted a job. The job’s title is “Archivist” and the office is here: That is in fact the main office of the Internet Archive, yes, that Internet Archive, and yes, this has really happened. You’re either indifferent, delighted, or reeling, so […]
OUT OF NOWHERE comes a viewing. Well, OK, they scheduled this a while ago but for some reason I don’t tend to announce these showings on this weblog. But, why not. I am in San Francisco, and the San Francisco Bay Interactive Fiction Users’ Group is having a showing of GET LAMP, with me attending […]
What, two Archive Team posts in a row? Well, it comes down to several factors: I’ve been travelling for well over a week and change A lot of the posts in the hopper are essays and rants not quite out of the oven This whole yahoo video download is very important I am attending GDC […]
Well, not so much a valentine as a status update. But we’re just trying to help the lonely, here. It’s also another call to arms. But first… the Geocities Torrent/Collection. You’ll be glad to know multiple copies are out in the wild. However, the main torrent has taken a little time to get to the […]
OH HI THERE. I’m Jason Scott, and if you’re reading this you probably have me in some sort of RSS or Feed Reader. And, in some cases, you had the feed suddenly blast out a bunch of new entries where the last one was from some time in December. So, it appears some hackery got […]