Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13, 1970 in Hopewell Junction, New York), more commonly known as Jason Scott, (also known by the pseudonyms "Sketch", "SketchCow" and previously "The Slipped Disk.") is the creator, owner and maintainer of textfiles.com, a web site which archives files from historic bulletin board systems. He is also the creator of a documentary film about BBSes, BBS: The Documentary which began shipping May, 2005.[1] Photo of Jason Scott of Textfiles. ... Image File history File links BBS_Documentary. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Hopewell Junction is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Dutchess County, New York. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... The term system administrator, abbreviated sysadmin, designates an employment position of those people responsible for running technically advanced information systems or some aspect of them. ... Front page of textfiles. ... A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, playing games, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1990, along with John Joseph Rescigno I (who was known by the pseudonym "Trout.Complex"), Sadofsky started TinyTIM, a popular MUSH. He resigned in 2000. A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... TinyTIM is a MUSH created by Jason Scott Sadofsky and John Joseph Rescigno I (known on TinyTIM as Sketch and Trout. ... Look up mush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1995 Jason joined the video game company Psygnosis as a technical support worker, before being hired by a video game startup, Focus Studios as an art director. After Focus Studios' closure, Jason moved into UNIX administration, where he has remained. The cover artwork of most Psygnosis games was by psychedelic artist Roger Dean. ...

He has been a speaker at DEF CON, an annual hacker conference, the first time at the 7th conference in 1999, then again in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Scott also spoke at PhreakNIC 6 and 9, Rubi Cons 4 and 5, the 5th H.O.P.E. conference in 2004, Notacon 1 in 2004, as a backup speaker at Notacon 2, Toorcon 7, and beta premiered his documentary at the 7th annual Vintage Computer Festival, where his screenings have become an anticipated staple. Most of his talks focus on the capturing of digital history or consist of narratives of stories relevant to his experiences online. DEF CON is the worlds largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Hacker con is a term that describes a hacker convention. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PhreakNIC is an annual hacker and technology convention held in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. ... Rubi-Con was a hacker convention that took place in Detroit, Michigan from 1999 to 2003. ... Hackers on Planet Earth or HOPE is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600 The Hacker Quarterly. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Notacon logo Notacon (pronounced not-a-con) is an art and technology conference which takes place annually in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Notacon logo Notacon (pronounced not-a-con) is an art and technology conference which takes place annually in Cleveland, Ohio. ... ToorCon is San Diegos exclusive hacker conference that traditionally takes place in late September. ... For other uses, see Beta (disambiguation). ... BBS Documentary BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott Sadofsky of textfiles. ... The Vintage Computer Festivals 2005 motif. ...

He is currently filming a documentary about text adventure games, called GET LAMP, in 2006. Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software containing simulated environments in which players use text commands to control characters. ...

He currently resides in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 44th 10,555 mi²; 27,360 km² 183 mi; 295 km 113 mi; 182 km 13. ...

Education

Jason Scott graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York and served on the staff of the school newspaper under the title "Humor Staff". He attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating with a Mass Communications (Concentration in Film) degree. While at Emerson, he worked for the school humor magazine, school newspaper, WERS 88.9 FM radio, and served as art director on several dramatic plays. After graduating from Emerson, Jason lived in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where was employed as a Temp worker while also drawing caricatures for pay on the streets of Cambridge. Horace Greeley High School is a public, four-year secondary school located in Chappaqua, New York and serving the Chappaqua Central School District. ... Chappaqua is a hamlet and census-designated place located in northern Westchester County, New York. ... A student newspaper is a newspaper run by university or high or middle school students that covers local and in particular school/university news. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Official website: www. ...

Wikipedia Criticism

Mr. Scott has written a number of times about Wikipedia, its structure, and his opinions on the environment, including essays on his ascii.textfiles.com weblog. Some of these include The Great Failure of Wikipedia, A Criticism of Wikipedia Now Exceeding a Scream, and Swastikipedia. He has announced that he is giving a presentation called "The Great Failure of Wikipedia" at Notacon 3.

Speeches

Speeches and Presentations given by Jason at conventions:

• TEXTFILES, G-PHILES, AND LOG FILES: Remembering the 1980's Through ASCII, Defcon 7, July 10th, 1999
• TEXTFILES.COM: One Year Later, Defcon 8, July 29th, 2000
• So You Got Your Lame Ass Sued: A Legal Narrative Defcon 9, July, 2001
• Documenting the BBS, Rubicon 4, April, 2002
• History of Phreaking 101 PhreakNIC 6.0, November 1st, 2002
• Keynote: The Future is Now, Rubicon 5, March 28, 2003
• Apple II Pirate Lore, Rubicon 5, March 29, 2003
• 100 Years of the Computer Art Scene (with RaD Man) Notacon 1, April, 2004
• Saving Digital History: A Quick and Dirty Guide, H2K4, July 11, 2004
• BBS: The Documentary: A Preview, Defcon 12, August, 2004
• The History of the Coleco Adam Notacon 2, April, 2005
• Why Tech Documentaries are Impossible (And why we have to do them anyway.) Defcon 13, July 31, 2005
• Fidonet Presentation and Q&A, Toorcon 7, September 17th, 2005
• BBS Documentary Presentation PhreakNIC 9.0, October 22, 2005
• ConCon: A History of Hacker Conferences Shmoocon 2, January 13, 2005

Christian Wirth during an interview by Jason Scott (textfiles. ... Notacon logo Notacon (pronounced not-a-con) is an art and technology conference which takes place annually in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Notacon logo Notacon (pronounced not-a-con) is an art and technology conference which takes place annually in Cleveland, Ohio. ...

References

• Jason Scott, The Defendant (July 2001). So You Got Your Lame Ass Sued: A Legal Narrative. DEF CON speaker. Retrieved 2004-11-19.
• Jason Sadofsky, The Tribune Articles, 1987-88
• Jason Scott, The Life and Times of Jason Scott
• DEF CON 13 (2005) speakers, including Jason Scott's "Why Tech Documentaries are Impossible"

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External links

• Jason Scott — Personal homepage
• Jason Scott Sadofsky at The Internet Movie Database

• ASCII — jason scott's weblog
• textfiles.com — BBS archive project
• BBS Documentary — Web site for the documentary
• Collector's Trove of Podcasts, an interview with Jason Scott in Wired magazine online
• HarvardNetSucks
• Saving Digital History: A Quick and Dirty Guide, by Jason Scott (Hope 2004 Conference)
• The Whole Lawsuit Thing — HarvardNetSucks account of the lawsuit.
• http://www.sadofsky.com/