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This Nugget is from ” As We May Think” by Vannevar Bush. “There is a growing mountain of research. But there is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends. The investigator is staggered by the findings and conclusions of thousands of other workers—conclusions which he cannot find time to grasp, […]
“Writers like Nick Carr are convinced that it is. He thinks that fewer people engage in contemplative activities because the web distracts them so much. “With the exception of alphabets and number systems,” he writes, “the net may well be the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use.” But technology […]
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At the beginning of this week, Dr. Pelzel introduced to us a website called Timeline JS . This is a “tool” where you can create an easy-to-make and beautiful timeline by just adding details into a Google spreadsheet. Well, if you have a Google account you are ready to make one! (or not, you can sign…
Recently in my web design class, each student was tasked to research three important contributions to the history of the worldwide web and to collaboratively create a timeline to highlight all of the events in their respective order of occurrence. For my contributions, I focused on the topics of first domain name being established on […]
“12 The web has unleashed a wave of human creativity Before the web, “ordinary” people could publish their ideas and creations only if they could persuade media gatekeepers (editors, publishers, broadcasters) to give them prominence. But the web has given people a global publishing platform for their writing (Blogger, WordPress, Typepad, Tumblr), photographs (Flickr, Picasa, … Continue reading Second Nugget Assignment →
World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British Computer Scientist who invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Tim was a software engineer at CERN. Now, he is the “director of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).” He made a…
When mom says she’s making pizza rolls. (via @ESPNImages) pic.twitter.com/rrurTORF5u — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) January 12, 2016 In one of the greatest National Championship games in the history of college football the Crimson tide would go on to win their 4th national title in 7 years.
Hello! My three contributions on the class’s timeline are these: The creation of Mazewar, the first online game where players from different computers can interact with each other online. (1974) Queen Elizabeth send an email, making her the first global leader/international diplomat to do so. (1976) Google surpasses Microsoft as “the most valuable global brand,” […]
12 The web has unleashed a wave of human creativity Before the web, “ordinary” people could publish their ideas and creations only if they could persuade media gatekeepers (editors, publishers, broadcasters) to give them prominence. But the web has given people a global publishing platform for their writing (Blogger, WordPress, Typepad, Tumbler), photographs (Flickr, Picasa,
