TeX Hour tonight: Why and How of Bridges : 18:30 UTC time

[Jonathan Fine]

Hi

Tonight's TeX hour is from 6:30 to 7:30pm UK (and UTC) time. The UK time
now: https://time.is/UK.
The zoom URL is
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09

Bridges, both actual and metaphorical, are of great human
importance. Roads, canals and railways all lead to the building of bridges.
Famous bridges include the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Golden Gate in
California, the Tower Bridge in London, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the
Stari Most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both Ponte Vecchio and Stari Most
mean "Old Bridge".

Here are some metaphorical bridges. Ordinary mail, the postal service,
telegraph, telegraph, wireless, the internet and email can all be thought
of as bridges. Language, oral transmission, writing, printing and books can
also be thought of as bridges. Successful bridges serve a social purpose.
The lack of such bridges can be a major obstacle.

Today's TeX Hour will be focussed on Bridges and TeX. I'd like to focus on
the social side of bridges and the building of bridges. It is out of this
that the technology of bridges emerged. For example, it was out of the TeX
community and FTP that our central store CTAN emerged. And FTP is a
metaphorical bridge that emerged from community needs, together with ground
provided by computer networks.

About 200 years ago Thomas Telford brilliantly combined the social and
technical forces of his time to found Civil Engineering as a profession.
That was in the United Kingdom.  About 50 years later James Eads had a
similar role in the United States. Other countries have their own civil
engineers.

To ground our conversation, I'd like us to start by sharing physical
bridges we personally know and love. All sorts of bridges are welcome.
Here's my contribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:River_Wye_and_pack_horse_bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_29091.jpg

Tonight's TeX hour is from 6:30 to 7:30pm UK (and UTC) time. The UK time
now: https://time.is/UK.
The zoom URL is
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09

Finally, the you can catch the 2022 TeX Hours at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw1FZfIX1w7hMtao93q9imCCYc4aoXahy

wishing you happy walking

Jonathan
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