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In
late 1983, The San Francisco Chronicle spun off a subsidiary
called Chronicle Videotex. Based on technology developed
in Toronto, a Cray computer was located at its hub with
“dumb” terminals (custom keyboards + monitors)
placed throughout the city connected via telephone lines.
The name Teleguide was chosen for this kiosk-based information
system.
John Paul joined the project in early 1984, learning the
rudimentary programming language in a short two weeks.
A team of 8 designers and 2 copywriters spent the next
few months putting together hundreds of “pages”
of information about sites and events in San Francsico.
Simultaneously, a ten-person marketing department hit
the streets selling ads to appear on this new medium. |
