There is a ridiculousness about this dual-memoir of the creation of Kairos, of two thirty-somethings writing about an academic journal that never made a penny. It is ridiculousness born out of what Netscape co-founder Jim Clark titled Netscape Time.

Clark is another West-Texas connection: he grew up within a day's drive of the Texas Tech campus. When he reflects on the development of Netscape, Clark describes Netscape time as a compression of time wrought by the speed and apparent ease of use of the Web:

Netscape wasn't much different from many other high-tech start-ups, which have a free-for-all quality that doesn't respond to normal management techniques; a certain level of insanity — often a pretty high level — went with the territory. Despite the craziness, or perhaps because of it, we had accomplished a tremendous amount in very little time. We has set a new standard for the future of American industry. This defined the idea of "Netscape time," which also became known as "Internet time."

Next — "Opportunity to Catch our Breath"

• Intro: Time Flows
• Where Are They Now?
  Start | MD | GS | CW | JT | MS
• At First ...
  1 | 2 | 3
• CoverWebs: Promise and Praxis
  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
• Sidebar: Foucalt
• Vision: The Future of Writing
  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
• The Plan: "Hypertext Studios"
  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
• An Ending (For Now)
• Doherty Responds: 1 | 2

Kairos logo circa 2002 ... and beyond?