The Web before the Web
Christophe Bruno (2004-2006)
http://www.christophebruno.com/2006/10/31/the-web-before-the-web
In September 2004 I was a guest-blogger for the French online magazine
fluctuat.net. I wrote a series of short posts about what could be called
"the precursors of the Web"... or "the Web minus the technology".
(the posts in french are here
http://www.fluctuat.net/blog/participations.php3?id_auteur=30)
Here is an augmented and updated version in English.
The Web before the Web:
James Joyce
Jeremy Bentham
Edgar Allan Poe
Stéphane Mallarmé
Alan Turing
Georges Perec & Marcel Bénabou
Stanley Milgram
Frederick Taylor
The Great Chain of Being
The Web after the Web
http://www.christophebruno.com/2006/10/31/the-web-before-the-web
To be published in the magazine for art and new media Aminima N°20
(http://www.aminima.net)
Christophe Bruno
http://www.christophebruno.com
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