Log

[2026-04-05] init | Wiki scaffolding and initial seed

Created the TedWiki repository with the LLM Wiki pattern (per Karpathy's framework).

Schema: AGENTS.md with directory structure, page format conventions, and workflows for ingest/query/lint.

Pages created (19): - wiki/overview.md — master narrative - wiki/companies/when-com.md, byliner.md, smartdeco.md, supersecret.md - wiki/projects/timewalk.md, gabriel.md, boswell.md - wiki/entities/melanie.md, willa-barnett.md, ryan-barnett.md, olivia-barnett.md - wiki/concepts/pen-computing.md, ai-assistants.md - wiki/timeline/1980s.md, 1990s.md, 2000s.md, 2010s.md, 2020s.md - index.md, log.md

Sources used: tedbarnett.com, Gabriel's MEMORY.md, Obsidian vault file listings and select documents.

Open questions flagged across pages: Co-founders of When.com, acquisition details, Byliner business model and shutdown, SuperSecret product details, SmartDeco current status, EO specifics, Art.com role details.

Red links (pages needed): EO, AOL, Art.com, Cobblestone Labs, Helm, Potoo, Craig Spitzer, Reason Foundation.

[2026-04-05] ingest | Ted's Favorite Songs (PDF)

Ingested 204 ranked favorite songs from Spotify export. Created wiki/concepts/music-taste.md with top 10, artist frequency analysis, genre profile, emotional signature, and curation timeline. Key finding: deep indie rock taste anchored by Nick Drake, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Limiñanas, and The Magnetic Fields.

[2026-04-05] ingest | Creative Projects Presentation (PPTX)

Ingested September 2024 presentation with 8 slides covering Ted's career framing and creative projects. Key corrections: SmartDeco is a projector-based IoT product ("a talking, singing pumpkin"), not pure AI software. SuperSecret was Flash-based ("growing up, as a game"). EO framed as "smartphones." Petz predated Tamagotchi/NeoPets. Films section added (Borrowing, Mom & Dad documentary). Extracted text saved to raw/teds-creative-projects-text.md.

[2026-04-05] ingest | Internet History Podcast transcript (2015)

Transcribed and ingested ~90-minute podcast interview with Brian McCullough. Major corrections and additions across 15+ pages. Key revelations: When.com co-founders identified (James Joaquin, Tony Espinosa, Joe Beninato), ActiveSite consulting firm preceded When.com, acquisition was ~$150M AOL stock (grew to ~$225M), Ted was COO of Byliner not founder, Byliner was founded by John Tayman, Bill Gates called Ted's dorm room to recruit for Windows, Ted's father worked at IBM Product Center and Kodak, TimeWalk concept existed as early as 2015 Unity prototype. New pages created: ActiveSite, James Joaquin, Javier Rojas, John Tayman. Major rewrites: When.com, EO, PF.Magic, Byliner, all timeline pages.

[2026-04-05] ingest | Life Events CSV

Ingested comprehensive life events timeline. Major corrections and additions: - Birth ~1961 in Sacramento (previously unknown) - Full school history: Alt, Sacred Heart, St. Gabriel, Glendale, Country Day, St. Xavier, DS, UTS, Cornell, UMich, HBS - Places lived: Sacramento → Augusta → Cincinnati → Ithaca → NYC → SF → SF → Hanover - Work timeline corrections: When.com started ~1995 (not ~1998), OnLive (~2004) and Pcore (~2005) added, Byliner started ~2009, TimeWalk/Boswell both started ~2016, SmartDeco ~2020 - Partners: Alison (~1978), Amy (~1990), Melanie (~2013) - Amy's parallel tech career: Bell Labs → Stanford → Apple → General Magic → Violet - Family: Dad retired 1990, Chris wedding 1998, Seattle move 1996

Updated 12 existing pages, created 7 new pages (childhood timeline, EO, PF.Magic, OnLive, Amy, music taste, creative projects text). Total pages now: 26.