Comments on: An Elegy for the Multimedia CD-ROM Stars http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: audio cd s science http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-19699 audio cd s science Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:44:51 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/#comment-19699 [...] introduction to Leonardo??s thinking and methods I??ve ever seen. And the Barnes CD-ROM is such ...http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/Ernie Harwell: And now, a word from ... Detroit Free PressThe announcer's strident voice demands our [...] [...] introduction to Leonardo??s thinking and methods I??ve ever seen. And the Barnes CD-ROM is such …http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/Ernie Harwell: And now, a word from … Detroit Free PressThe announcer’s strident voice demands our [...]

]]> By: Zach http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-15945 Zach Fri, 09 May 2008 14:29:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/#comment-15945 Now this will date me a bit, but the biggest memory I have of this time (aside from what CD roms meant for computer gaming!) is doing my college search through a stack of CD-Roms. Looking at engineering schools in the mid/late '90s meant that each school attempted to prove technical prowess by adopting a digital version of its guidebook. Just as you described, college websites were vastly limited by dialup capabilities and thus far too simple and dull to show off a campus- but CD-Rom enabled a full on promotion. Incidentally the higher-ed market holds stake as a prime example of the technical adaption over the last decade. While in college I helped build sections of the school website; once graduated I had a project building a "virtual tour" for prospective students of another school; and then eventually built social networks around an admission office. But back to the CD-ROM bit. I'm glad to see them go, physical media is <i>so</i> 2003... Now this will date me a bit, but the biggest memory I have of this time (aside from what CD roms meant for computer gaming!) is doing my college search through a stack of CD-Roms.

Looking at engineering schools in the mid/late ’90s meant that each school attempted to prove technical prowess by adopting a digital version of its guidebook.

Just as you described, college websites were vastly limited by dialup capabilities and thus far too simple and dull to show off a campus- but CD-Rom enabled a full on promotion.

Incidentally the higher-ed market holds stake as a prime example of the technical adaption over the last decade. While in college I helped build sections of the school website; once graduated I had a project building a “virtual tour” for prospective students of another school; and then eventually built social networks around an admission office.

But back to the CD-ROM bit. I’m glad to see them go, physical media is so 2003…

]]> By: David http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-15944 David Fri, 09 May 2008 13:22:42 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/09/an-elegy-for-the-multimedia-software-stars/#comment-15944 Wade - great article. I remember just around the height of the mid-90s there was an almost fever pitch by marketing execs to produce a CD-ROM...must produce a CD-ROM...must produce a CD-ROM. Glad to see that era go! Wade – great article. I remember just around the height of the mid-90s there was an almost fever pitch by marketing execs to produce a CD-ROM…must produce a CD-ROM…must produce a CD-ROM. Glad to see that era go!

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