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geeks gone wild

Users of early online community The Well party like it's 1989

Computing pioneer and author Howard Rheingold has jumped on the buzzword bandwagon with a vlog, and the two most recent entries are a peek back into the pre-Web days when "geek" was still a term of scorn. Possibly because of some astounding fashion choices — Rheingold's taste in vibrant colors and eye-splitting patterns pictured here seem to have influenced Marissa Mayer's taste in couture. That said, as an early BBS dialer myself, I find this footage of a party at the Sausalito offices of The Well in 1989 fascinating. For a list of the people in the videos, the comment thread on BoingBoing's post gives the details. Watch and learn, you kids, after the jump. More »

8:20 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jackson West
635 views, 5 comments

Latest by BobDope: Where's Billy Idol? He had his Well e-mail address printed on the cover of his seminal work 'Cyberpunk'. more »

haven

New Lodwick project for nerds only

"The Internet used to be nerds-only, by virtue of how obscure and complex it was," Jakob Lodwick writes. Toward that end, Lodwick's new service Haven, which he describes as a combination of Tumblr and a Web forum "is, and will remain, a private community." A rehash of The Well, in other words, but with fewer Deadheads and more shirtless pics.

12:00 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
839 views, 8 comments