A History of the Internet
The following animation is a concise, high-level technical history of the Internet, c. 1957-2009. This ~8 minute animation covers its early development and concepts, including the creation of the...
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The State of the Internet
The creative agency Jess3 created this video on “The State of the Internet” for AIGA Baltimore. It reminds me of the video, “Is Information Management Hype?“, in that the authors of the video throw a...
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The Internet of Things and a System of Systems
We are drowning in a sea of data. There are more things on the Internet than there are people; currently about 1 billion people use the Internet. We are learning to take data, create information, gain...
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Preservation Policies, Forbes, and an Email Time Capsule
I’m often asked why the preservation of digital materials is so complicated. After all, isn’t it simply about the storage and migration, or emulation, of digital objects and metadata? Why do you need...
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The Web is Dead, Long Live the Internet…and the Web?
Is the Web dead? What about net neutrality? Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff’s August 2010 piece in Wired Magazine called, “The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet” caused a bit of controversy. The...
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