Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
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Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#2> It's a new way of seeing the internet, in one of its best lights—a standardized compendium of human knowledge that can be accessed from wherever you are. From this vantage the trolls, the frivolity of listicles fade away, and it seems like a triumph.
This is very much how I see it.
I’m sitting in a hospital room with a family member recovering from a minor surgery, browsing HN and other topics of interest. For literally anything that comes to mind I can access more material than I could read in a lifetime, from an iPad. It’s pretty crazy when you think about it, and I’m thankful for it.
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#3The website of the 'Mundaneum' Belgium museum is here: http://www.mundaneum.org/en
(Alas the pop-up message seems to be in French only. Is it a plea?)
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#4So did E. M. Forster[1], who in 1909 published The Machine Stops.[2]
In it, Forster predicted something like a proto-Internet, chat rooms, video conferencing, and internet addiction.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster
[2] - https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machi...
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#5The website of the 'Mundaneum' Belgium museum is here: http://www.mundaneum.org/en (Alas the pop-up message seems to be in French only. Is it a plea?)
The pop-up basically says that there is limited heat in the museum and will reopen 2020-01-15. Because of inconvenience, they will give free access to the exhibitions and some coffee at the end of the exhibit visit. They also extending the visit to one of the exhibits.
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#6The first internet was the telegraphy network, in fact, much foundational computer technology came from telegraphy.
"The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#7The first internet was the telegraphy network, in fact, much foundational computer technology came from telegraphy. "The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage
I second that book recommendation. Very interesting and educational.
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#8What interest me at the moment are contemporary views of Otlet's philosophy of cataloguing and classification.
His Universal Decimal Classification still exists, and has a common lineage with Melvil Dewey's Decimal Classification.
Otlet's notion of comprehensive bibliographic metadata seems somewhat passe, with modern focus on full-text-search and reputational ranking.
Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#9The first internet was the telegraphy network, in fact, much foundational computer technology came from telegraphy. "The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage
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Re: Paul Otlet Envisioned the Internet Before Computers, Without Computers (2014)
#10So did E. M. Forster[1], who in 1909 published The Machine Stops .[2] In it, Forster predicted something like a proto-Internet, chat rooms, video conferencing, and internet addiction. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster [2] - https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machi...
Also Tesla if I recall correctly.