Because our books had always been self-produced, we were accustomed to a level of cross-reference not possible in most books. With HyperCard we could at last pursue cross-referencing a whole dimension further: all the related pieces of information on the disk could know about each other. Best of all, many of those pieces of information could be sound! Being able to randomly access and sample sound was not only new to books, it was new to the audio industry. We would be first out with a catalog that let you shop with your ears. Our inability to cover music well had always frustrated us.
With CD–ROM, the Whole Earth Catalog, was getting to become more of the tool it had wanted to be since 1968. It’s a significant step toward . . . Well, how about an electronic Whole Earth Truck
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ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES & EVOLUTION THROUGH THE AGES