History

In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was born Unless you are 15 years old or younger, you have lived through the dotcom bubble and bust, the birth of Friends Reunited and Craigslist and eBay and Facebook and Twitter, blogging, the browser wars, Google Earth, filesharing controversies, the …

It turns out that Charles Bukowski, novelist and poet, famous for reflecting on and out of the american working class, was open to new technologies at least in his later years, if not eager to delve into them. In general Bukowski kept abreast of new innovations that would further his writing. In a letter to …

Enjoy a TV feature about Grace Murray Hopper from 1982. EDIT: Btw. Today is Ada Lovelace Day !

Nobody really believes anymore that anything in the world could have a definite and precise date when it started. As soon as we define a phenomenon as “new" by giving it a name, and talking about it in particular ways, we discover its pre-cursors. Digital media need digital technology to be what they are. Digital …