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The Search Machine - memex on coda
In 19 forty five, vannyvert took to the page and dreamed up an imaginary, futuristic solution to the problem of search. The memixs would make search easier. There'd be a keyboard, viewing screens and storage space for all of human knowledge as long as it was on microfilm and could fit into a dust drawer. On the left side there would be all the information in the universe, and it would all have links. And then on the right side you would follow those links for the information you wanted. So the search became about connections within the what you were looking for.
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