The TPU Museum
In the year nineteen-hundred and ninety-six, at the dawn of the commercial Internet, Teen Programmers Unite was born. People all over the world interested in programming (and whose ages happened to begin with the digit '1') rapidly self-organized into a community to promote learning, collaboration, and camaraderie. While our neighbors of the same ages were busy as consumers, we were honing our skills as producers of software artifacts.
The success of TPU challenges conventional notions about educational environments and the apathy of "kids today." The fairly rapid collapse of TPU challenges optimism about the enriching effects of the Internet and communication technology in general. What can we learn from both sides of this issue?
This Museum exists both to chronicle the history of TPU and its aftermath and to collect ideas on what we can learn from that history. It's a wiki, a web site that anyone is free to edit; so please feel free to do so. Newcomers to wikis or the particular MoinMoin software that we use can find pointers on the DefaultFrontPage for getting started.
News
Summer 2006 is TPU's 10 year anniversary! Help design a TpuTshirt that you can wear with pride!
Distinguishing Features of Classic TPU
Projects from Back in the Day
Features
ProgrammingCommunities: A small bestiary of Internet programming communities, both age-targeted and general
WhereAreTheyToday: Where, oh where, have all the old TPU members gone?