before my time on the internet, back before search engines were even a thing, people used to list links to fun or useful websites right on their personal webpages. recently, i stumbled upon Aaron Strick's website, and he has something similar that he calls an “outbound” page. i want to have my own version and i call it the “explore” page (just to make things more confusing, he also has an "explore" page, but his is more like a personal blog). on this page, i'll be sharing content i find interesting, inspiring, fun, or just stuff that feels like it belongs here. fair warning: this page probably won't be as visually polished or tightly managed as the rest of the site. i might end up using this as a bit of a playground, and the content here will likely get updated frequently.
i've always been fascinated by the history of operating systems, web browsers, the internet and everything surrounding them. in my spare time, i spend a lot of time researching these topics. since i work at opera, i've also gathered extensive knowledge about the company, its products and its history. this project is my ongoing effort to bring all that information together in one place. the timeline may not be perfectly accurate, but each topic will be listed under the year it was first introduced.
in "As We May Think", an essay by Vannevar Bush which, to some extent, predicted many kinds of technologies invented after its publication (including hypertext, personal computers and the World Wide Web). the essay describes a memex as an electromechanical device enabling individuals to develop and read a large self-contained research library, create and follow associative trails of links and personal annotations, and recall these trails at any time to share them with other researchers.