Retrograde
I was shuffling files around recently and came across an archive of my first personal website. It wasn’t Ascent Stage, but a site called hypertext :: renaissance (you see, the lowercase and double-colon were edgy) that I built when I was in graduate school in 1996.
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I'm John Tolva, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Chicago.
I make music with Beat Research Chicago.
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Marginalia
- Literally Unbelievable
"Stories from The Onion as interpreted by Facebook" - Amtrak gets OK for 110-mph Chicago-Michigan service
Make it happen. - The Death of the Cyberflâneur
"The idea of exploring cyberspace as virgin territory, not yet colonized by governments and corporations, was romantic; that romanticism was even reflected in the names of early browsers (“Internet Explorer,” “Netscape Navigator”)." - Book Art by Brian Dettmer
Like carving soft stone with thousands of shifting layers. So very gorgeous. - Bricks in Space
LEGO experiments on the International Space Station. Yes, please. - Personified Teeth Dental Signs
They really are creepy when you stop to think about it. Creepiest: personified teeth *with* teeth. - Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Visualization, 1969
Very cool, multi-axis visualization of Apollo 11 landing, with audio. - Letters of Note: Dear Son
Wonderful, deeply moving letter from the father of the second American astronaut to circle the planet. - New Release: Orbital: Wonky
April 3 (U.S.)/April 1 (international). - Gmail Snooze
Oh how I wish this were available for non-Apps mail.
Immerito Tweets
- .@gridchicago 'L' is correct use, dates back >120 yrs in Chgo; "el" is generic abbrev. for "elevated," 'L' applies to whole system. #settled 5 hours ago
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- RT @dansinker: Batshit crazy right-wing Midwesterners, ya done good. 2 days ago
- I got the Bieber Cleaver. And I am taking it to my daughter's playlist modifications. 2 days ago
- Just bit into a chayote thinking it was a pear and it was disgusting and my mouth hates me and OMG I HAVE TO GARGLE RIGHT NOW. 2 days ago
ChicagoCTO Tweets
- Just got real --> @ChicagoCDO: Met with Code for America fellows this afternoon. We are going to keep them very busy :) @codeforamerica 2 days ago
- RT @gregorywass: My 2.6.12 @uicegovernment class will feature @ChicagoCTO John Tolva and @codeforamerica fellows re #open311 & #gov20 . ... 4 days ago
- RT @juggernautco: Intersection: Civic Hackers (@ City Hall) | SessionCast http://t.co/hLGvMudk via @thetechweek 1 week ago
- Video from Chicago Tonight talking city data and civic startups: http://t.co/JWuvuCQj 1 week ago
- "Code For America In Chicago: Open311 Will Be City's Next Big Tech Move": http://t.co/etU7b87Z 1 week ago

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Man, I remember that page. I remember Voices from the Interface too.
Here’s my retro:
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/~mgk3k/old.index.html
That’s more impressive than it deserves to be given it was 1996.
I think you just started a trend John. I’m going to see if I can find my 1997 one, though it may be far too embarrassing.
digital space assembly – 12 years later and nothings changed
Visual flashback alert! Now…send me your Mark Gage remixes!