BlinkenLights
How cool is this! It was really easy to log back into telnet again & check out the animated Star Wars mini movie. It was nice to sit back for a few minutes & watch. If you think back in the old days people would have been so fascinated with this new way of using these types of applications. It would have taken them ages to get that all working so well.. But what an achievement, they would have been stars in the world of technology/creativity.
When people first used telnet they wouldn't have had the easy access of help like we do today and therefore in my opinion would most have probably caused issues for the user.
Blinkenlights does bring a different light to telnet & shows you how an application that was only used for information be transformed for entertainment. You can say the same thing about the internet, it first began as an information tool for black & white information & now it has moved into a global space for creativity/entertainment/exploration. Telnet was the beginning of a journey that is still moving forward today. Today we can access music/video/news/friends/entertainment, if only they knew back then what we can do now! When new applications such as blinkenlights was introduced this opened new doors for the industry & broadened the horizons for people to use their creativity to fulfil there needs & wants. To explore new ideas & ways of using this incredible tool for mediums more than just information.
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