The Web Time Forgot

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Daniel Haley [dkhaley () gmail com] On Behalf Of Daniel Haley [dan.haley () pobox com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:43 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: The Web Time Forgot

I thought this article in today's New York Times might interest some of the people on IP:


MONS, Belgium — On a fog-drizzled Monday afternoon, this fading medieval city feels like a forgotten place. Apart from 
the obligatory Gothic cathedral, there is not much to see here except for a tiny storefront museum called the 
Mundaneum, tucked down a narrow street in the northeast corner of town. It feels like a fittingly secluded home for the 
legacy of one of technology’s lost pioneers: Paul Otlet.

In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that 
would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He 
described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online 
social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?pagewanted=1&hp





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