# Plain Text Persists - Host: [garrickvanburen.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/garrickvanburen.com/) - Saved: February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15T16:19:18Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d8a1f5bbe4fd/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d8a1f5bbe4fd.json ## What Jamie wrote “Relying on these application files for our precious words is a mistake. Standards and preferences change. What your computer can understand today, it may not tomorrow.” I’ve got a shelf full of backed-up work that is essentially useless because the applications, file formats, and technologies I used to create the work no longer exists. What value is an archive if it’s not usable years later? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Terms of Services Kinda Like Open Licenses – But Evil](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/223a37fcccde/) (garrickvanburen.com, October 18, 2010) - [Arise, Mechanical Turks, Arise](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/43edb8b0e595/) (garrickvanburen.com, November 2, 2010) - [Peerless](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/74ca8e76cc80/) (garrickvanburen.com, December 10, 2010) - [Imported from Detroit](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7f4b296b68ed/) (garrickvanburen.com, February 6, 2011) - [Speedtesting Qwests Heavy Duty DSL](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/92085da245b1/) (garrickvanburen.com, March 23, 2011) ## Saved the same week - [Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cbbf222edc56/) (wired.com, February 15, 2011) - [GLYPHICONS - library of precisely prepared monochromatic icons and symbols.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1272c4425243/) (glyphicons.com, February 15, 2011) - [I Have Seen the Future and I Am Opposed](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/33dd317ae2e9/) (core77.com, February 15, 2011) - [Why Your Startup Needs a Visual Dashboard | Blog | myGengo](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/36915e431e20/) (mygengo.com, February 15, 2011) - [52 Cups of Coffee](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2cf3c13c753e/) (52cups.tumblr.com, February 16, 2011) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/plain-text-persists