The evolution of sharing intellectual pursuits has a interesting representation in Disney's Spaceship Earth in EPCOT. A constant motion ride highlighting the evolution of documenting and sharing pursuits ad labors of the mind. The real story as I see pivotal moments documented below.
God shared message to Moses
Moses chiseled message into stone tablets
Message shared verbally
Caveman created hieroglyphics by drawing on walls
MessaKetef Hinnon amulets - 600 BC / discovered 1979
A prehistoric silver metal scroll containing etchings of messages in Hebrew script. Worn on chain around neck to keep close to heart. Texas contained fragmented words and phrases from the book of Numbers 6:24-26 in The Bible pharaoh
Early forms of writing from ancient Egypt - Invented a primitive alphabet and semi-permanent drawing of symbols on an early form of paper manuscript known as papyrus rolled into a scroll. Primitive literacy and sharing by those who could read.
Writing instruments and tablets evolved and production began
Large populations of people learned to read and write
Paper was invented and Gutenberg created first moveable-type printing press. This evolved into publishing books and scale expanded. Publication techniques created a primitive media industry.
Industrial Revolution 18th and 19th century.
1800s - Acoustic tin can connected by tense string at the base of each can and an open side that acted as a primitive microphone and speaker. Term "Lovers Telephone" coined.
1829 - Typewriter invented in 1829.
1830s - Electrical telegraph emerged as a primitive iteration as the electrical telephone system.
1837 - Charles Babbage invents the first mechanical printer.
1840s -experimentation lead to point to point electrical telegraphy and laid the groundwork for the first telephone.
1868+ - Primitive keyboard invented by Christopher Latham Shole and Carlos Glidden. Evolved to the QWERTY layout still used today.
1868 - Consistent typewriters manufacturing production started?
1876 - Thomas Edison patented an electric pen and duplicating press. Alexander Graham Bell files a patent for a device that produced a clear replication of the human voice and became the first practical Telephone.
1885 - 1887 - Mimeograph machine / Edison Mimeograph patented and licensed to Albert Blake Dick
Editing was a laborious endeavor resulting in an editing, collaborations
20th century revolution in communication with the invention of telegraphs, radio, telephone and movies
1938 - Xerography technology invented in 1938 by Chester Carlson and evolved to a quick document and image copier
1957 - Dot matrix printer developed
1959 - Xerox machine introduced
1961 - IBM Selectric released electric typewriter. Evolved into the first available printer on mass scale
1964 - Electromechanical typewrite with magnetic tape storage - the first modern word processor created by IBM. Allowing documents to be saved and
1969 - Data Secretary invented by Evelyn Berezin and became computerized word processor automating typing and editing tasks. Compuserve was a the first large internet service provider providing primitive internet access through what became a modem. Chatrooms and Forums
1977 - Apple II computer invented by Steve Wozniak and brought to market by Steve Jobs and Apple Computer Company.
1978 - 300 Baud modem invented by Bell Labs allowing computers to be connected via phone lines and share information.
1979 -Early word process invented by Paul Lutus and released as Apple Writer by Apple Computer. WordPerfect was also invented to work on MS-DOS Machines
1980 - Displaywriter - the IBM 6580 was released as a micro computer based word processing machine with floppy disk drives, a 5MHZ processor. Epson released the MX-80 dot matrix printer.
1981 - Remote Bulletin Board System for Personal Computer (RBBS-PC) invented by Russell Lane. Originally built on CP/M and later ported to basic. Was copyrighted and released under limited license. Message bases and shared community platforms function like primitive chat rooms
1983 - Microsoft Word invented by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie. Ran on a UNIX system. FIDO Bulletin board system invented by Tom Jennings. Usenet featured moderated newsgroups under control of an individual or small group.
1984 - Mactintosh released by Apple Computer. A home computer capable of dynamic prints and fonts along with storage. HP released the first laser printer. Prodigy Communications Corporations was an online service operating until 2001. Led to eveolution of:
1988 - America Online (AOL) evolved and mainstreamed "internet access" with chatrooms and instant messaging.
1989- World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 leading to internet uses adoption and easier access to remote data
1994 - 2001 - A community formed where people created online journals and diaries. The term blog was coined.
1998 - Google launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin creating a search engine. Became as ubiquitous as Kleenix was to the facial tissue.
1999 - Blogger was formed by Pyra Lab and America Online enabling users to easily publish online Blogs.
2003 - Google acquired blogger and Blogspot.com and mainstreamed online journals and diaries.
The rest is history.
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