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Make Digital Preservation Easier

If major companies think it’s too hard or costly to leave up user-generated content, perhaps we need to change the motivations.

May 17, 2023

The Internet's First Election

The web wasn't common in 1992, but presidential candidates notably took baby steps toward the internet that year—Ross Perot in a bigger way than most.

Nov 06, 2020

Doing It For Erma

An 1956 book about the early history of automation finally hits digital shelves, thanks to a friend of mine. And its appearance is deliciously ironic.

Dec 18, 2017

Down With Snippet View

The limitations of Google Books can be seen in the way that it handles obscure trade publications. Everyone who made that old magazine? Probably dead.

Jun 26, 2017

An Impurrfect History

Cats.com, a domain name that has languished, is currently up for auction. Let’s take a look back of the history of the internet’s biggest domain underdog.

Jan 25, 2017

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