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Historic view of the future of media

August 8th, 2008

In 1934, Paul Otlet published the Treaties on Documentation: The Book on the Book where he not only predicts the concept of a computer and the Internet, but more interestingly (to me), he envisions the use of different forms of media.

“These instruments taken as substitute for the book, will in fact become the new book. […]

Democratization of the web

May 10th, 2007

How Social Media will change the world

Quick Review: 22nd Century

April 3rd, 2007

A while ago, I came across a blog post on a “World Wide Mind”, referring to 22nd Century, a program which aired on PBS in January. It’s a pilot episode for one of 3 potential upcoming series. I got a chance to watch the episode a few weeks ago and have been talking about it […]