[SIGCIS-Members] Good video on history of the Internet?
Marc Weber
marc at webhistory.org
Sun Nov 8 10:49:46 PST 2015
At the Computer History Museum we created some short videos for the Networking and the Web gallery in our permanent exhibition “Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing.” These focus on the Web and hypertext but the internet itself is there as background. (The history of the internet itself is covered in the online exhibit <http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/networking/19/375> but there is not a movie about it per se).
Here are the links:
- "Birth of the World Wide Web," http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/385/2221 <http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/385/2221>
- "Navigating Knowledge: Hypertext Pioneers," http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/373/2210 <http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/373/2210>
- "Dot Com Boom and Bust," http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/394/2222 <http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/394/2222>
Best, Marc
Marc Weber <http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/> | marc at webhistory.org | +1 415 282 6868
Internet History Program Curatorial Director, Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View CA 94043 computerhistory.org/nethistory <http://computerhistory.org/nethistory>
Co-founder, Web History Center and Project, webhistory.org
> On Nov 8, 2015, at 09:17, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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> This reminds me that I have, buried deep somewhere, a Vint 'Past, Present & Future' presentation at NYU in 1999. He did a pretty good job as I recall.
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> I'll have a look for it.
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> j
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> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Luke Fernandez <luke.fernandez at gmail.com <mailto:luke.fernandez at gmail.com>> wrote:
> When I finish the HTML component of an intro Web programming class I show this 10 minute interview with Robert Cailliau (Tim Berners Lee's colleague) in his CERN offices:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2GylLq59rI <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2GylLq59rI>
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> The video is conducted by Chuck Severance (among other things former E.D. of the open source Sakai LMS project) and includes footage of Cailliau gesturing at the Unix server that hosted the original WWW with a sticker that says "This machine is a server do not power down!," an animated debate between Severance and Callliau about the merits and demerits of HTML, and Cailliau finally declaring that HTML had "spread like a virus beyond repair" (my paraphrase). I use the video to spark a discussion that broaches (among other things) the following questions:
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> Robert Caillau video “Does the origin and history of the development of the internet have any impact on your experience of the internet as a developer and as an end-user? If so, how?
> Was the original WWW envisioned as a community of producers and consumers? What happened to that vision?
> Are we still dealing with any relics from the early Web?
> Were the origins of the Web humble? What in the video suggests that they were? What is the significance of CERN? What role did CERN play in the development of the WWW?
> Does the best technology float to the top? Why didn’t TBLee’s browser become successfull?
> Have we come full circle? Has TBLee's vision for the Web been realized?
> Why does Cailliau describe HTML as something that spread like a virus?
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> Hope this helps,
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> Luke Fernandez
> lfernandez.org <http://lfernandez.org/>
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> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Edwin L. Whitman <edwinlwhitman at gmail.com <mailto:edwinlwhitman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
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> A good introduction to the history of the Internet would consider its roots in counterculture (for reference: Fred Turner’s From Counterculture to Cyberculture) and libertarianism pathos of the 1960s which rejected state control and censorship. The BBC has put together a good television series called The Virtual Revolution that best fits what you said you are looking for and considers these important themes. Here’s another good one—clear and informative.
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> Not to state the obvious, sort your keyword searches by view count and make sure to read the reviews. There’s a reason some videos have 300 views and others have 3,000,000...
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> I think a general, introductory lesson on the Internet would be more interesting and informative for your students if you taught and explored certain concepts central to the digital web experience, like HTTP, TCP/IP, DOM, HTML/CSS. There are accessible, succinct shorts that Harvard’s intro course CS50 has put together for its web development unit, which are freely accessible on YouTube. By understanding ports/addresses/requests and looking under the hood of your browser (Chrome->right click on page->Inspect Element) you can introduce your students to some key that technologies connect users of the internet together.
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> Best,
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> Ned
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> > On Nov 7, 2015, at 11:29 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan at cuaa.edu <mailto:william.mcmillan at cuaa.edu>> wrote:
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> > Hello, SIGCIS.
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> > Can you recommend a video on the history of the Internet that is available online?
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> > This is for a general education, freshman-level class Foundations of Computer Science.
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> > I'd prefer one that is no more than 30 minutes long, or that would still be interesting if only a 30-min segment were viewed.
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> > Thanks!
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> > Bill
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Marc Weber <http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/> | marc at webhistory.org | +1 415 282 6868
Internet History Program Curatorial Director, Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View CA 94043 computerhistory.org/nethistory <http://computerhistory.org/nethistory>
Co-founder, Web History Center and Project, webhistory.org
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