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| - | ==== The map and travel guide for the Guru42 Universe ==== | + | ====== Geek History ====== |
| - | **Guru 42 Technology Websites Defined** | + | [[http://geekhistory.com/ | GeekHistory.com ]] explores who invented the internet, the history of computers, and the origins of all things geek. I am not a university professor with a team of editors and advisers working with me developing a website. I am one man who loves technology and history and is amazed by how little people know about the great minds in the world of technology. |
| - | * [[guru42.com | Guru42-com Information technology success ]] | + | |
| - | * [[guru42.net | Guru42-net Personal Portal ]] | + | |
| - | * [[guru42.org | Guru42-org Geek Think Blog ]] | + | |
| - | * [[guru42.xyz | Guru42-xyz Sign post portal ]] | + | |
| - | * [[gu42.com | Gu42-com Wiki Portal ]] | + | |
| - | * [[gu42.net | Gu42-net Sign Post ]] | + | |
| - | * [[gu42.us | Gu42-us Brain Dumps Wiki ]] | + | |
| - | * [[gu42.xyz | Gu42-xyz Sign post portal]] | + | |
| - | * [[computerguru.net | Learning Technology Computer Networking basics ]] | + | |
| - | * [[geekhistory.com | Technology History When visions became reality ]] | + | |
| - | * [[geekhistory.org | Geek History Reference Desk Wiki ]] | + | |
| - | * [[geekhistory.xyz | Geek History TBD ]] | + | |
| - | * [[geekpast.com | GeekPast-com That was yesterday]] | + | |
| - | * [[AlteredAutomotive | AlteredAutomotive - Exploring innovation and invention]] | + | |
| - | * [[Tom.Peracchio.com | Tom Peracchio Chief Geek]] | + | |
| - | * [[TerraHab | Terrahab]] | + | |
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| - | **The World of Questy Websites Defined** | + | |
| - | * [[questy.com | Questy-com - Sharing ideas ]] - Active Drupal Site | + | |
| - | * [[questy.net | Questy-net - Questy blog A little bit crazy ]] - Tombstone Signpost Simple HTML | + | |
| - | * [[questy.us | Questy-us - A little bit crazy - portal page ]] - Simple WonderCMS | + | |
| - | * [[philosophyguru.net | Philosophyguru Movies and music ]] Kill move content to Questy | + | |
| - | * [[americanphilosopher.us | American Philosopher With liberty and justice for all ]] - Empty Directory --> WonderCMS? | + | |
| - | * [[itsonlysports.com | It's Only Sports ]] | + | |
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| - | **Web Building goals and tasks** | + | |
| - | * [[Online services and sites]] | + | |
| - | * [[Google Analytics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drupal notes]] | + | |
| - | * [[Social Media | Social Media promo sites]] | + | |
| - | * [[TwitterCards | Twitter Cards]] | + | |
| - | * [[ Links | Link Bars of sites]] | + | |
| - | * [[RSS | RSS Feeds]] | + | |
| - | * [[SSL | SSL HTTPS redirects]] | + | |
| - | * [[To Do List]] | + | |
| + | My collection of material for the study of geek history dates back to my early days in technology as far back as the 1970s. I created this online reference desk to help me organize footnotes and references on many pages with links to current websites. | ||
| + | === Personal Reflections === | ||
| + | * [[https://geekhistory.com/content/reflections-world-paper-and-magnetic-tape-went-digital|GeekHistory Chapter 1: Reflections on the world before it went digital]] | ||
| + | * Where does geek history begin | ||
| + | * Section teasers for content to follow | ||
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| + | === Putting "who invented it" into perspective === | ||
| + | * [[GH1.1| GeekHistory 1.1 Putting "who invented it" into perspective]] | ||
| + | * [[GH2.2| GeekHistory 2.1 The who invented it obsession and eureka moment that never happened]] | ||
| + | * [[Geek Blog References]] | ||
| + | * [[Patent wars where business and technology mix]] | ||
| + | * [[California dreaming 1960s]] | ||
| + | === Era of Robber Barons and Railroads === | ||
| + | * [[Thomas Alva Edison]] | ||
| + | * [[Nikola Tesla]] | ||
| + | * [[George Westinghouse ]] | ||
| + | * [[Westinghouse Electric | Westinghouse Electric]] | ||
| + | * [[Henry Ford]] | ||
| + | * [[CurrentWars| Current Wars]] | ||
| + | * [[Electric|Birth of electricity]] | ||
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| + | === Internet invented === | ||
| + | * [[Internet History Resources]] | ||
| + | * [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]] | ||
| + | * [[Dr. Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider]] | ||
| + | * [[Paul Baran ]] | ||
| + | * [[Bob Kahn]] | ||
| + | * [[Vinton Cerf]] | ||
| + | * [[Tim Berners-Lee]] | ||
| + | * [[Dr. Vannevar Bush]] | ||
| + | === Computer Evolution === | ||
| + | * [[Xerox PARC]] | ||
| + | * [[Douglas Engelbart]] | ||
| + | * [[Alan Kay]] | ||
| + | === Television Invented === | ||
| + | * [[Television Resources]] | ||
| + | * [[Vladimir Zworykin]] | ||
| + | * [[Philo T. Farnsworth]] | ||
| + | * [[David Sarnoff]] | ||
| - | | + | === Telegraph, Telephone, Radio === |
| + | * [[Telephone|Birth of Telephone]] | ||
| + | * [[Radio Resources]] | ||
| + | * [[Reginald Fessenden]] | ||
| - | **DokuWiki** | + | === Realizing the Dream of Flight === |
| - | * https://www.dokuwiki.org/template:bootstrap3?s[]=google | + | * [[Rocket Man Wehrner von Braun]] |
| - | * http://bootswatch.com/ | + | * [[NASA]] |
| + | * [[Early Pioneers]] | ||
| - | **Workstation Tools** | + | === The world of office automation === |
| - | * [[Web Browsers|Browsers]] | + | * Who invented the calculator |
| - | * [[Checkist Setup|Checklist]] | + | * [[QWERTY | Mechanical typewriters and legends of QWERTY keyboard]] |
| - | * [[Add on apps]] | + | * The xerographic process |
| - | * [[Questions ]] | + | * Paper printing |
| + | === General References === | ||
| + | * [[Myths and Legends]] | ||
| + | * The Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) http://ethw.org/Main_Page | ||
| + | * [[Pittsburgh]] | ||
| + | * [[Light bulbs aka incandescent lamp]] | ||
| + | === Connect with Geekhistory === | ||
| + | * [[http://geekhistory.com/ | GeekHistory.com Website]] | ||
| + | * [[https://twitter.com/GeekHist | Geek History on Twitter ]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.facebook.com/GeekHistory | Geek History on Facebook ]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.pinterest.com/tomperacchio/geek-history/ | Geek History on Pinterest ]] | ||