The Web version of my junk drawer
In response to a Wired article that ran yesterday, Google is fixing its archives of Usenet posts, one of the richest and oldest repositories of user-generated content ever to exist online.
For those of you under the age of 30, Usenet began in 1979 in Chapel Hill as a collection of newsgroups. In the years that followed, Internet history unfolded, jargon was coined, and lore was created in these discussions. In 2001, Google acquired two Usenet archives comprising 700 million posts and failed to index them in any meaningful way. As of today, that wrong is being righted.
I'm just old enough to have memories of Usenet sites. I hated them, and still to this day hate forums for the most part, because they are rich valuable sources of information but are horrible to navigate and search.
Post-Social. Futurist.
Digital anthropologist.
Gen X. Geek.
Expat from Seattle, living in London.
Husband of Jen. Father of 3.
This is a collection of notes, thoughts and pics that I've created, collected and then scattered across the Web.
Find me on the Web:
Twitter: @tacanderson
New Comm Biz
/tacanderson
YouTube
Quora
Storify
flickr
Post-Social. Futurist.
Digital anthropologist.
Gen X. Geek.
Expat from Seattle, living in London.
Husband of Jen. Father of 3.
This is a collection of notes, thoughts and pics that I've created, collected and then scattered across the Web.
Find me on the Web:
Twitter: @tacanderson
New Comm Biz
/tacanderson
YouTube
Quora
Storify
flickr
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