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