Big data in a historical context
Tweet Excellent stuff from Alan Patrick on his Broadstuff blog, talking about the 70s, 80s and 90s versions of big data – or “data”, they were...
Tag: history
More new and old media pairing
Tweet 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. I...
New technology boosts the old
Tweet 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 k...
Change: we’ve been here before
Tweet 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
Tweet 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 S...
Always look on the brightside of the downside…
Tweet 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 t...
Typograhic history of the City of London
Tweet 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...
Welcome to Mars: electronica/documentary hybrid
Tweet 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 geniu...
Video treat: a history of the internet
Tweet 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 tw...
Video treat: a history of the internet
Tweet 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 tw...