I was listening to a great topic on Spark today. Nora Young was speaking to Jackie Sharkey about the Internet in Nunavut, Canada (that’s in the north, WAY in the north). Sharkey explained how they have limited bandwidth at high prices, and often have to deal with dial-up speed connections. The Nunavut people depend heavily [...]

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A little while ago I posted a video clip of the CBC reporting in 1993 on (the) Internet. Today, I stumbled upon a neat collection of pioneers who helped build the Internet and make it what it is today.
The collection is on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. If you’re not familiar with the Wayback [...]

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Michael Garrity breaks down the Five Categories For The Entire Internet on OneDegree.
1. Search: Finding the stuff when you need it2. Content: The stuff you actually need (words, data, pictures, video, music, etc.)3. Marketplaces: The exchanges for goods and services4. Payments: The central mechanism to trigger the flow of goods and services5. Communications: The function [...]

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