!Starting something new (to me) and exciting --- delyan's memex 15 August 2024 @ 03:51 UTC --- written on X1 Nano w/ Slackware in living room while daughter completes homework --- Here's to a new beginning - a phlog in 2024! The Gopher protocol was first created in 1991. It was developed by a team at the University of Minnesota, led by Mark P. McCahill. The protocol was designed as a distributed document search and retrieval system, offering a menu-driven interface to access text-based information across the internet. Gopher gained popularity in the early 1990s, particularly in academic and research institutions, before the World Wide Web eventually became the dominant method for accessing information online.