Big data in a historical context
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...
Tag: history
More new and old media pairing
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...
New technology boosts the old
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 ...
Change: we’ve been here before
In his book about the start of the First World War, Max Hastings discusses the incredible rate of change – new technologies, ideas, social forces – ...
London’s riverside in 1849
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 ...
Always look on the brightside of the downside…
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...
Typograhic history of the City of London
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...
Welcome to Mars: electronica/documentary hybrid
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 ...
Video treat: a history of the internet
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...
Video treat: a history of the internet
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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