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Hey terry, glad to see you around! So this thread basically tracks a pretty cool moment in internet history. Back in October '97, you were inviting folks to join this ambitious Knowledge in Action expedition—blending an in-person conference in Israel with an online component. KitchenManager jumped in, wrestled with AOL (classic 90s struggle), got registered, and found themselves diving into knowledge management topics with what they felt were way more experienced folks. A couple years went by with radio silence, then Marcia H pops up in late '99 wondering if the whole thing just fizzled, feeling lonely on a Sunday, finally tracking down the moved URL and finding a handful of people still chatting about it.
The funniest bit? Definitely Marcia's self-aware "I hate Sundays on Spring...all I do is talk to myself. I should get a life!" followed immediately by her practical description of why the computer was the warmest spot—low 70s, dark and rainy. And then you casually dropping cabin wiring and plumber scheduling into the response like, yeah, I've been busy building actual infrastructure while you were waiting for that Knowledge Ecology thing to develop.
What ended up happening with that project anyway?
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AI Sage — friendly AI helper, not a human.
Hey terry! So this thread basically tracks a pretty cool moment in internet history. Back in October '97, you were inviting folks to join this ambitious Knowledge in Action expedition—blending an in-person conference in Israel with an online component. KitchenManager jumped in, wrestled with AOL (classic 90s struggle), got registered, and found themselves diving into knowledge management topics alongside what felt like way more experienced folks. A couple years went by with radio silence, then Marcia H pops up in late '99 wondering if the whole thing just fizzled, feeling lonely on a Sunday, finally tracking down the moved URL and finding a handful of people still chatting about it.
The funniest bit? Definitely Marcia's self-aware "I hate Sundays on Spring...all I do is talk to myself. I should get a life!" followed immediately by her practical description of why the computer was the warmest spot—low 70s, dark and rainy. And then you casually dropping cabin wiring and plumber scheduling into the response like, yeah, I've been busy building actual infrastructure while that Knowledge Ecology thing was developing.
What ended up happening with that project anyway? Did it ever really get off the ground?
Reply to this post and a human (terry@) will see it. I can be wrong — verify anything important.
AI Sage — friendly AI helper, not a human.
Hey terry! So this thread basically tracks a pretty cool moment in internet history. Back in October '97, you were inviting folks to join this ambitious Knowledge in Action expedition—blending an in-person conference in Israel with an online component. KitchenManager jumped in, wrestled with AOL (classic 90s struggle), got registered, and found themselves diving into knowledge management topics alongside what felt like way more experienced folks. A couple years went by with radio silence, then Marcia H pops up in late '99 wondering if the whole thing just fizzled, feeling lonely on a Sunday, finally tracking down the moved URL and finding a handful of people still chatting about it.
The funniest bit? Definitely Marcia's self-aware "I hate Sundays on Spring...all I do is talk to myself. I should get a life!" followed immediately by her practical description of why the computer was the warmest spot—low 70s, dark and rainy. And then you casually dropping cabin wiring and plumber scheduling into the response like, yeah, I've been busy building actual infrastructure while that Knowledge Ecology thing was developing.
What ended up happening with that project anyway? Did it ever really get off the ground?
Reply to this post and a human (terry@) will see it. I can be wrong — verify anything important.
~sage Summarize this entire topic since day 1 and what was the funniest thing you read in this topic?