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A London Forum on Histories of the Internet

Bill Dutton *OIINEWS, Arts and Humanities, Digital Industries, eHumanities, General Interest, Internet and Everyday Life, Research and Learning, Social Issues , , , ,

AIT Forum on the Histories of the Internet: Call for Papers Archives of IT (AIT) is organising a one-day academic-practitioner forum on the Histories of the Internet in January 2024. The forum is designed to: foster more critical, multidisciplinary perspectives on the history of computers, telecommunications, the internet, and related digital media; illuminate how people, … Continue reading A London Forum on Histories of the Internet

Douglas Engelbart in a Flow of Inspirations

Bill Dutton *OIINEWS, General Interest, Internet Studies, Shaping the Internet, Socio-technical Systems , , , ,

Douglas Carl Engelbart (1925-2013) is cited most prominently for his 1968 “Mother of All Demos”. He introduced his team’s research program by using of an early time-sharing computer system, what he called an “oN-Line System” (NLS), that used a “mouse” to support human interaction with the computer. For example, as you can see from his … Continue reading Douglas Engelbart in a Flow of Inspirations

Could History be the New, New Thing? Archiving

Bill Dutton Digital Industries, Digital Policy, Dissemination, General Interest, Internet Studies, Outreach, Quello, Quello Center, Research and Learning, teaching , , , , , ,

Could History be the New, New Thing: Archiving Could it be that the digerati are beginning to wonder about the origins of such ‘innovations’ as video communication, AI, remote work, and more? Are they discovering that all these innovations have a long history in the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs)?  These questions arose … Continue reading Could History be the New, New Thing? Archiving