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reading through these and seeing the increasing references to budget problems. that's so lego!
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'''''The Galapagos Times''''' is an [[Wikipedia:Email|email]] [[Wikipedia:Newsletter|newsletter]] that was distributed to employees of [[SPU-Darwin]]. Distributed weekly from August 1997 until May 1998.
'''''The Galapagos Times''''' is an [[Wikipedia:Email|email]] [[Wikipedia:Newsletter|newsletter]] that was distributed to employees of [[SPU-Darwin]]. Twenty-six issues published between August 1997 and May 1998. It was edited and published by Laura Kusumoto, the Director of Operations at SPU-Darwin.


The first issue was sent on 19 August 1997. 26 issues are known to exist, with the final one being sent on 14 May 1998. It was edited by Laura Kusumoto.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r01.html |first=Laura |last=Kusumoto |date=19 August 1997 |magazine=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=1 |title=Galapagos Times}}</ref>
== History ==
The first issue of ''The Galapagos Times'' was published on 20 August 1997.<ref name="GT01 intro"/>


The newsletter is named after the [[Wikipedia:Galápagos Islands|Galápagos Islands]], which [[Wikipedia:Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin]] visited in the 1830s during his [[Wikipedia:Second voyage of HMS Beagle|five-year voyage]] aboard [[Wikipedia:HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']]; his studies of the archipelago's [[Wikipedia:Endemic|endemic]] species helped [[Wikipedia:Inception of Darwin's theory|inspire]] his theory of [[Wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]] by [[Wikipedia:Natural selection|natural selection]]. ''Galapagos'' here referred to the "virtual space" being explored by SPU-Darwin's work, with the goal being the "evolution" of LEGO products from physical to digital.<ref name="Galapagos Archive"/>
After the 3 March issue, the newsletter went on hiatus for two months due to budget planning, which took up all computers in the office for several weeks until an accountant was hired,<ref name="GT26 financial"/> and editor Kusumoto going on holiday.<ref name="GT25 resuming"/> Publication resumed in May, though only two more issues are known to exist.
 
The newsletter is named after the [[Wikipedia:Galápagos Islands|Galápagos Islands]], which [[Wikipedia:Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin]] visited in 1835 during his [[Wikipedia:Second voyage of HMS Beagle|five-year voyage]] aboard [[Wikipedia:HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']]; his studies of the archipelago's [[Wikipedia:Endemic|endemic]] species helped [[Wikipedia:Inception of Darwin's theory|inspire]] his theory of [[Wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]] by [[Wikipedia:Natural selection|natural selection]]. ''Galapagos'' here was meant to refer to the "virtual space" being explored by SPU-Darwin's work, with the goal being the "evolution" of LEGO products from physical to digital.<ref name="Galapagos Archive"/> The office space that SPU-Darwin operated out of was internally referred to as the HMS ''Beagle''.<ref name="GT10 Beagle"/><ref name="GT19 Beagle"/>


== Issues ==
== Issues ==
Write some more here about what's in each issue, or just a table of contents?
The table below lists and describes all known issues of ''The Galapagos Times'', based on the issues listed in Julian Gómez's archive on ''spu-darwin.org''.<ref name="Galapagos Archive"/> The issue references has been simplified to "number"; the original issues are labelled with a [[Wikipedia:Periodical literature#Volumes and issues|volume]] (which is the same for all issues) and a "Ren" (eg. "Vol 1 Ren 5"), apparently short for "Rendering".


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<ref name="Galapagos Archive">{{cite web |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/ |first=Julian |last=Gómez |date=11 June 2008 |title=The Galapagos Times Archive |website=SPU-Darwin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520060104/https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/ |archive-date=20 May 2025 |access-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Galapagos Archive">{{cite web |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/ |first=Julian |last=Gómez |date=11 June 2008 |title=The Galapagos Times Archive |website=SPU-Darwin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520060104/https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/ |archive-date=20 May 2025 |access-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="GT01 intro">{{cite book |editor-first=Laura |editor-last=Kusumoto |date=19 August 1997 |title=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r01.html}}</ref>
<ref name="GT10 Beagle">{{cite news |title=H.M.S. Beagle |editor-first=Laura |editor-last=Kusumoto |date=22 October 1997 |work=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=10 |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r10.html}}</ref>
<ref name="GT19 Beagle">{{cite news |title=Ship-shape on the HMS Beagle |editor-first=Laura |editor-last=Kusumoto |date=15 January 1998 |work=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=19 |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r19.html}}</ref>
<ref name="GT25 resuming">{{cite news |title=The Galapagos Times is back |editor-first=Laura |editor-last=Kusumoto |date=6 May 1998 |work=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=25 |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r25.html}}</ref>
<ref name="GT26 financial">{{cite news |title=Financial health at Darwin |editor-first=Laura |editor-last=Kusumoto |date=14 May 1998 |work=The Galapagos Times |volume=1 |issue=26 |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r26.html}}</ref>
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Revision as of 06:51, 22 May 2025

The Galapagos Times
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         The Galapagos Times
         an email newsletter

  SPU-Darwin, LEGO A/S, Planet Earth
   Dateline Thursday, May 14, 1998

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Header for issue 26
EditorLaura Kusumoto
FrequencyWeekly
FormatEmail
First issueAugust 20, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-20)
Final issue
Number		May 14, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-05-14)
26
CompanySPU-Darwin
CountryDenmark
LanguageEnglish
Websitespu-darwin.org/galapagos

The Galapagos Times is an email newsletter that was distributed to employees of SPU-Darwin. Twenty-six issues published between August 1997 and May 1998. It was edited and published by Laura Kusumoto, the Director of Operations at SPU-Darwin.

History

The first issue of The Galapagos Times was published on 20 August 1997.[1]

After the 3 March issue, the newsletter went on hiatus for two months due to budget planning, which took up all computers in the office for several weeks until an accountant was hired,[2] and editor Kusumoto going on holiday.[3] Publication resumed in May, though only two more issues are known to exist.

The newsletter is named after the Galápagos Islands, which Charles Darwin visited in 1835 during his five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle; his studies of the archipelago's endemic species helped inspire his theory of evolution by natural selection. Galapagos here was meant to refer to the "virtual space" being explored by SPU-Darwin's work, with the goal being the "evolution" of LEGO products from physical to digital.[4] The office space that SPU-Darwin operated out of was internally referred to as the HMS Beagle.[5][6]

Issues

The table below lists and describes all known issues of The Galapagos Times, based on the issues listed in Julian Gómez's archive on spu-darwin.org.[4] The issue references has been simplified to "number"; the original issues are labelled with a volume (which is the same for all issues) and a "Ren" (eg. "Vol 1 Ren 5"), apparently short for "Rendering".

No. Date Details
1 19 August 1997 Introducing the newsletter, focusing on infrastructure, new mailing addresses, new calendar software
2 27 August 1997 Introducing the Fast-Fill project, awards for "LEGO Underwater Base" and Build a Duck, migrating offices for Darwin and lego.com web team, Darwin 6 Seminar
3 3 September 1997
4 10 September 1997
5 17 September 1997
6 24 September 1997
7 1 October 1997
8 8 October 1997
9 15 October 1997
10 22 October 1997
11 29 October 1997
12 5 November 1997
13 12 November 1997
14 17 November 1997
15 3 December 1997
16 12 December 1997
17 17 December 1997
18 9 January 1998
19 15 January 1998
20 22 January 1998
21 3 February 1998
22 14 February 1998
23 23 February 1998
24 3 March 1998
25 6 May 1998
26 14 May 1998

References

  1. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura, ed. (19 August 1997). The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1.
  2. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura, ed. (14 May 1998). "Financial health at Darwin". The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 26.
  3. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura, ed. (6 May 1998). "The Galapagos Times is back". The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 25.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gómez, Julian (11 June 2008). "The Galapagos Times Archive". SPU-Darwin. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura, ed. (22 October 1997). "H.M.S. Beagle". The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 10.
  6. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura, ed. (15 January 1998). "Ship-shape on the HMS Beagle". The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 19.

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