Web
It connects people
The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, in his Speech Before the Knight Foundation
Internet
Psychology
Critical ignoring
critical ignoring—choosing what to ignore and where to invest one’s limited attentional capacities Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens, published in Sage Journals, via Jason Kottke. The authors describe three types of cognitive strategies for critical ignoring, which should be taught in school: 1. Self-nudging,
Psychology
Internet use would only be a worry
Internet use would only be a worry if it was getting in the way of us practicing some other life skill. Tom Stafford, in his BBC Future column discussing if the internet rewires our brain
Choose between copyright and the wild west
if I had to choose between copyright and the wild west, semi-lawless, innovation-fest that is the internet? I’ll take the internet every time Jonathan Coulton, on copyright, piracy, and the MegaUpload shutdown
It's not about Personal Computer
It’s not about Personal Computer... it’s about *Interpersonal* Computing Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the WWW, quoting Steve Jobs and the actually usable computer
Internet
What “identity” means
it’s ambiguous in most discussions what “identity” means Twitter founder Evan Williams, on Online Identity (Wayback Machine)
Internet
I fear the Internet is doomed to fail
I fear the Internet is doomed to fail, to be replaced by tightly controlled gardens of exclusivity. Don Norman, I Have Seen the Future and I Am Opposed
Internet
Run someone off the internet
If it’s OK for a democracy to just decide to run someone off the internet for doing something they wouldn’t prosecute a newspaper for doing, the idea of an internet that further democratizes the public sphere will have taken a mortal blow. Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay
Fun
The Internet is the last Wild West this world has
The Internet is the last Wild West this world has. Help us fill it with dick jokes. Daniel O'Brien, Cracked.com
Fun
The internet is mostly cat pictures these days
The internet is mostly cat pictures these days. I remember the good old days when the internet was conspiracy theorists, porn, and DOOM WAD files. QDB: Quote #300893
The quantity of information
problem on the internet: the quantity of information available continues to rise while the quantity of factual data grounded in scientific methods fails to keep pace tumbledry.org, When Information Overwhelms Facts
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. John Gilmore