Harry McCrackenJun 17, 2024
It’s 1994 Week in Fast Company’s tech section! Here’s my story on the year of Peak CD-ROM, based in part on 30-year-old Word documents of my own I somehow never trashed. Among the topics covered: Encarta and its rivals, the curse of shovelware, and the birth of San Francisco’s Multimedia Gulch. https://www.fastcompany.com/91128052/history-of-cd-roms-encarta-myst
The short, happy reign of CD-ROM

In 1994, multimedia discs—from encyclopedias to magazines—flooded the market, and felt like the future. It was fun while it lasted.

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Show threadBob Thomson

@harrymccracken Too late to include my banner year as a new IT pro ? :)

https://medium.com/@bobthomson70/30-years-of-it-lessons-learned-1-1994-4cee397bc923

30 Years of IT – Lessons Learned: 1, 1994 - Bob Thomson - Medium

Disclaimer: Of course, this is my experience, and my lesson based on it, it won’t be for everyone. Read, digest, discuss, have a think, and go your own way, which is of course, the only way for you…

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Show threadHarry McCrackenJun 17, 2024
@bobthomson70 I mention getting laid off from Computer Buying World in my story, but don’t mention getting hired at PC World, which turned out to be pretty important.
Show threadBob ThomsonJun 17, 2024
@harrymccracken that's a great origin story indeed. Any mention of CD-ROM and 1994 reminds me of the joy of getting my Mitsumu drive on my Gateway 2000 to work with Yggdrasil Linux : / Not such good times lol Said PC came with Windows 11 and Encarta.