Home Page — Doug Block
There’s a new reissue of the twenty year old documentary on Justin Hall’s links.net and the early days of the web.
FOREVERYONE.NET
I linked to this a while back but now this great half hour documentary by Jessica Yu is ready and you can watch the whole thing online: Tim Berners-Lee, the birth of the web, and where the web has gone since.
In the scenes describing the early web, there’s footage of the recreated Line Mode Browser—how cool is that‽
Related links
Tellart | Design Nonfiction
An online documentary series featuring interviews with smart people about the changing role of design.
As technology becomes more complex and opaque, how will we as designers understand its potential, do hands-on work, translate it into forms people can understand and use, and lead meaningful conversations with manufacturers and policymakers about its downstream implications? We are entering a new technology landscape shaped by artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and synthetic biology.
So far there’s Kevin Slavin, Molly Wright Steenson, and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, with more to come from the likes of Matt Jones, Anab Jain, Dan Hill, and many, many more.
Earthrise on Vimeo
Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders describe the overview effect they experienced on the Apollo 8 mission …and that photo.
What Comes Next Is the Future (2016) on Vimeo
Matt Griffin’s thoughtful documentary is now available for free on Vimeo. It’s a lovely look at the past, present, and future of the web, marred only by the brief appearance of yours truly.
ForEveryone.net
A film about Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web. Details are scarce right now but watch this space.
Related posts
A long-awaited talk
Remy and I gave a talk at Brighton’s Async meetup …five years after we were originally booked in.
A memex in every web browser
Show me my associative trails.
Increment by increment
The web of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
What a day that was
What a long strange trip it’s been.
T minus one
‘Twas the night before Web@30, and not a particle was stirring, not even a meson.