CCATP #709 – Adam Engst on the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking

Adam Engst, publisher of the long-running Internet-based email newsletter, TidBITS joins us on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk about an article he wrote for TidBITS about the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking. (https://tidbits.com/2021/12/06/well-known-apple-developers-support-manifesto-for-ubiquitous-linking/) Adam starts our conversation by taking us into the WABAC machine to learn about Project Xanadu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu) which was the vision of Ted Nelson to link all information bidirectionally. Working off that foundational vision he explains that a group of developers and tech visionaries have created the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking (https://linkingmanifesto.org) as a way to encourage the concept of linking as much information as we can within and between apps and operating systems. At the link to the Manifesto, you can learn more about the originators, the vision, and the technical requirements for making this work. Adam even gives us a call to action at the end if we’d like to see this future realized. I told Adam at the end of the conversation that I knew it was a great talk because my cheeks hurt from smiling talking to him.