A Piece of Internet History the Internet Almost Forgot

The internet, notable for remembering just about everything, seems to have forgotten that particular piece of its own history ...

Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved

The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ever as the internet evolves in the age of AI.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

What Should Go in a Museum of Internet History?

Orlando — Douglas Gale, a consultant who spent most of his career as a college technology leader, has been working since 2003 to collect oral histories and artifacts from the inventors of the Internet ...
The Nation

The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet

Kevin Driscoll’s new book The Modem World offers a picture of an early Internet defined by community, experimentation, and lack of privacy. (Fotoreport Quelle AG / AP Images) By signing up, you ...
Wired

The Internet Origin Story You Know Is Wrong

This story is adapted from The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media, by Kevin Driscoll. For more than two decades, dial-up bulletin board systems, or BBSs, were a primary form of popular ...
Fast Company

What the internet looked like in 1994, according to 15 webpages born that year

In 1994, the modern Internet (which was almost always capitalized back then, and sometimes called just “Internet”) was itself just 11 years old, and mostly the domain of researchers and hobbyists and ...
Forbes

Why Taylor Lorenz’s Version Of Internet History Matters

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 10: Taylor Lorenz attends the "This Is Not Financial Advice" premiere during the 2023 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theatre on June 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie ...