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The Web Time Forgot | The New York Times
Tracking down one of the Web's lost pioneers, the Belgian information scientist Paul Otlet.
Friending, Ancient or Otherwise | The New York Times
In the collective patter of profile-surfing, messaging and “friending,” academic researchers see the resurgence of older patterns of oral communication.
The Theater of Memory | The Believer
How Giulio Camillo built the world's first Web browser in 1532, by making a cheap facsimile of an old monastic trick.
Op-Ed | Christian Science Monitor
If the shift from physical to digital books is so inevitable, then why did public libraries break attendance records last year?
From Ivory Tower to Academic Sweatshop | Salon.com
After a few dot-com-era bumps, online education is back and bigger than ever. But so is corporate influence and bottom-line pressure.
In Search of the Deep Web | Salon.com
The next generation of Web search engines will do more than give you a longer list of search results. They will disrupt the information economy.
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