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 ThomsonJun 17, 2024

@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 Thomson
@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.
Jun 17, 2024 at 7:36pmWeb