Leopold’s Records
Record store in Berkeley, California. Part of Berkeley, California. ⚠️ Not yet pinned: no standard-source coordinate found.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion | Jenny Odell | subject | The Community Memory kiosk, with a teletype linked by modem to a San Francisco computer, was placed under the store’s physical bulletin board. |
How to Do Nothing — Jenny Odell (2019)
Source: How to Do Nothing — Reader’s Companion · How to Do Nothing · Readwise highlight
In 1972, the world’s first public bulletin board system (BBS) appeared in the form of a coin-operated kiosk at the top of the stairs to Leopold’s Records in Berkeley.
- Role: subject
- In the book: The Community Memory kiosk, with a teletype linked by modem to a San Francisco computer, was placed under the store’s physical bulletin board. The text quotes its flyer and describes a network rooted in neighborhood and space.
- Why it matters: It is the local-history counterexample to context-collapsing social media: a slow network that you had to travel to, grounded in place.