Confession: I have read the March 1997 @WIRED cover story/manifesto, "Push!"three times. wired.com/1997/03/ff-pus…
...I *still* don't understand what the editors were talking about.
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...I *still* don't understand what the editors were talking about.
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I *think* the historical takeaway from the essay is that the web had gotten big enough to be a complete, unworkable mess. (This is a couple years pre-Google, when you couldn't really find anything.)
The full editorial team was trying to suss out what comes next. they knew it wasn't just more hyperlinked web pages stacked on top of web pages. And they got excited about the potential of convergence between the web and other media.
But the resulting ~5,000 word manifesto never actually explains what "Push" really is.
In practice, what we got was (1) a multi-year obsession with "portals," (2) more web objects and (IIRC) (3) growth of XML that allowed for media convergence *on the web.*
In practice, what we got was (1) a multi-year obsession with "portals," (2) more web objects and (IIRC) (3) growth of XML that allowed for media convergence *on the web.*
Anyway, if some wise Tweeter understands "Push" better than me, I'm genuinely curious what I'm missing here.
It's clearly an iconic WIRED moment. And it's one of the few that I have a lot of difficulty translating.
It's clearly an iconic WIRED moment. And it's one of the few that I have a lot of difficulty translating.
