Talk:Aspen Movie Map

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Contents 1 Golden Fleece 2 Stan Sasaki 3 Movies of the Movie Map 4 Youtube movies of the Movie Map

[edit] Golden Fleece

While the rumors of the Golden Fleece have abounded for years, I cannot find actual evidence of it, at least at http://www.taxpayer.net/awards/goldenfleece/history.htm. - Walter Bender

It was mentioned in the Media Lab book by Stewart Brand. No, I don't have the page cite on me right now. Next time I visit the library I might write down the page number if I remember to do so. --Coolcaesar 04:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Just because Brand mentioned it doesn't make it true. I'd be interested in getting back to the primary source. Walter.bender 13:26, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stan Sasaki

I corrected the name of one of the people who worked on the Aspen project from "Stan Syzaki" to "Stan Sasaki". The mis-spelling seems to have been copied from another document with the same error. I don't have a reference demonstrating that the name should be "Sasaki", but I personally knew Stan while he and I were both undergraduates at MIT. He gave me a tour of the Architecture Machine Group lab and told me all about his work on the Aspen map, so I'm positive it's the same person--and "my" Stan spelled his name "Sasaki". --Fthiess 19:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Stan Sasaki is in deed the correct Stan. Thanks. --Walter.bender 22:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Movies of the Movie Map

Is there a problem with putting a link to the actual movie? I am from the Media Lab, and digitized old videos, including the Aspen Movie Map. It is online at the Speech group video website, and I also uploaded all of them to Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6LkqgXPMU

http://www.media.mit.edu/speech/sig_videos.html

18:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC) stefanmarti

It is great that you posted the video!! Thanks. --Walter.bender 22:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I thought that it would be important to link to the originals from more than 25 years ago, especially now that Google is doing something very related with their Street View initiative. 18.85.10.11 23:43, 2 June 2007 (UTC) stefanmarti

A9.com had been doing "street-level" views for quite some time now (but apparently they are no longer available). Google is late to this particular party. --Walter.bender 14:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Youtube movies of the Movie Map

What is wrong with having links to Youtube? I don't get it. I am the guy who archived the early MIT Media Lab videos, and we do have them on our own website, but the people in charge decided that it is a good thing to put them on Youtube as well, in order to make them widely accessible. So I am asking: Why is somebody undoing all page versions with Youtube links?

22:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)stefanmarti