hypothes.is

• [[go]] https://web.hypothes.is/about/
  • They seem like a nice organization with worthy [[goals]].
  • [[see also]] https://web.hypothes.is/team/
  • [[see also]] [[hypothesis intro]]
• [[wiki]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothes.is
• [[open source]] [[project]] by [[Dan Whaley]].
  • [[arti walker-peddakotla]] is [[chief of engineering]].
• A [[non profit]], [[501c]].
• An [[annotation]] [[platform]].
• They develop a really nice [[browser extension]] and associated tools.
  • I should use the extension more often :)
  • This extension could be seen as an [[agora client]]: [[agora hypothesis integration]].
  • [[diegodlh]] has experience with it: https://diegodlh.github.io/hfeed/
  • https://web.hypothes.is/for-publishers/#embedding

Open questions

• ask [[dan whaley]]
• What is their longer term vision?
  • "We’re a on a mission to bring an open conversation over the whole web. Use Hypothesis right now to hold discussions, read socially, organize your research, and take personal notes."
  • [[see also]] [[the revolution will be annotated]]
• What is their method of governance?
• What is their stack like?
• How stable is their funding?
• Why will Hypothes.is succeed where others failed?
  • [[see also]] [[annotation standard]]
• What happened to HypothesisProject? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UComNY07yEHTJYfRGx6KRILQ
• Browser support?
  • https://web.hypothes.is/blog/annotation-is-now-a-web-standard/#post/0 mentions browser support as a goal.

Memex

• Hypothetical [[device]] by [[vannevar bush]].
  • [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex
• A [[project]] by [[worldbrain]].
  • [[go]] https://getmemex.com/

Web Annotations

• [[pull]] [[web annotation standard]]