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Big data in a historical context

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Antony Mayfield / 3 Comments

Excellent stuff from Alan Patrick on his Broadstuff blog, talking about the 70s, 80s and 90s versions of big data – or “data”, they were calli...

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More new and old media pairing

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

More from Writing on the Wall, by Tom Standage, on how old media is often – for a while – enhanced by the new,  rather than being replaced.  In Engl...

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New technology boosts the old

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

As cheerleaders for incumbent media often point out, the old is rarely replaced by the new. Newspapers weren’t killed by radio, radio wasn’t killed ...

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Change: we’ve been here before

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

In his book about the start of the First World War, Max Hastings discusses the incredible rate of change – new technologies, ideas, social forces – ...

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London’s riverside in 1849

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

Old books. History. London. Yes, these are things that make me curious and slightly giddy with delight when they all come along at once… So I love Sydney ...

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Always look on the brightside of the downside…

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

Being utterly besotted with the web, and especially the social web, as I am, I tend dislike nay-saying about its significance, and the manifold benefits this th...

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Typograhic history of the City of London

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

I’m posting a lot of videos recently. Maybe I should be setting up a Tumblr blog for this sort of thing. Maybe not. Anyway, this is a gem: combining three...

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Welcome to Mars: electronica/documentary hybrid

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Antony Mayfield / 1 Comment

One of my favourite things that I have – at least digitally – is a podcast series in twelve parts called Welcome to Mars. A work of pure genius, it ...

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Video treat: a history of the internet

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

Love history. Love the web. Love good design.  This history of the internet from Melih Bilgil is just a pleasure to watch, and you may learn a thing or two. His...

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Video treat: a history of the internet

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Antony Mayfield / 0 Comment

Love history. Love the web. Love good design.  This history of the internet from Melih Bilgil is just a pleasure to watch, and you may learn a thing or two. His...

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