The outpouring of Tinderbox comments at Cult Of Mac is extraordinary — not only for supportiveness, but also intelligence. Here’s Russ Lipton: I have been using personal computer software since 1979; hypertext software nearly that long; Tinderbox...

Some links for eLitCampers: Vannevar Bush and the Mind’s Machine: From Memex to Hypertext, James M.Nyce and Paul D. Kahn eds.,, San Diego: Academic Press 1991. pp. 287-318. (order from Amazon Memex animation. The Former General. Center for...

At eLit Camp yesterday, John Timmons have a terrific introduction to Inform 7, showing how to write with it, and in it. As far as I can see, we still don't fully understand how interactive fiction (IF) relates to hypertext fiction. Sure, there are...

Terrific opening sessions at eLitCamp (Twitter #eLitCamp). Bill Bly on We Descend volume II. Landow on “what is an archive?” Plus technical anecdotes from people who have been there. Memories of bugs past, software mishaps we now understand but...

I was mostly kidding when I wrote about PA Consulting’s planning chart for the Afghan counter-insurgency effort, These guys need Tinderbox! But Mark Anderson took up the challenge. It’s a tough challenge, because the chart isn’t all that good:...