Wow - I actually remember this (and the decision to create an Internet SIG). We've been talking about this stuff for 20 years?!
Just for fun, go to the next message after the inaugural MCN-L post (below). Hi Richard! Still hacking browsers? I agree with Rob: this list has been the stalwart fortress of " peer-to-peer, collegial help" from a community of amazingly smart and generous colleagues. May it continue to thrive for another 20 years. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ----------------------------- [Insert your disclaimer here] ----------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Lancefield on lists Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! Hi everyone, Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. The list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, greatest version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 also was the year when the first significant number of museum websites launched in all their initial glory,* some using what was then cutting-edge, table-based layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time ago--so long ago that it still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: <https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared on this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as we move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, apps, and platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the things thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two decades with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. cheers, Rob * Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: <http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-1990s/> ** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> -- Rob Lancefield Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
