Henri Astre

@textfiles Wow, thank you Jason! And thanks to the Internet Archive for keeping the light on for future generations!

Everyone wave to @dddexperiments

In 2017, Microsoft shut down the Photosynth app and site. An enormous amount of data. Archive Team grabbed as much as it could, but then we had a huge lump of data. Singlehandedly, Henri Astre brought it back. @dddexperiments/one-javascript-trick-that-i-used-to-preserve-photosynth-6e6f8ba2c48a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@dddexperiment… Further explanation: @dddexperiments/why-i-preserved-photosynth-2f670d5c8dec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@dddexperiment…

@natelawrence @GeraldGoodwin19 @internetarchive @Twitter archive.org/download/photo… :-)

@GeraldGoodwin19 The backup copies on @internetarchive don't get embedded in @twitter like the original site did, but clicking on the link and viewing the site in a separate browser window/tab still does (if people can be convinced to click on a plain text link on Twitter w/ no thumbnail image).

Let's see whether Twitter is clever enough to give us a preview. Likely not, but here goes: ia803009.us.archive.org/29/items/photo…

@blaiseaguera Thank you so much for the kind words! It was an honor to work with you on #Photosynth. Here is the direct link of the gallery on the Internet Archive: archive.org/download/photo…

Brilliant dreamer, lovely human, and fellow Googler Henri Astre @dddexperiments has recreated Photosynth2 for the Internet Archive, and for the ages. A small piece of internet history and an epic bit of hacking. Hats off @dddexperiments/why-i-preserved-photosynth-2f670d5c8dec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@dddexperiment…