How Old VHS Tapes Helped Save Early Web Design
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look for a screenshot or image from a page of the very early web, and you'll find it almost impossible to locate. Prominent technologist Andy Baio, who runs the site Waxy.org, where he promotes tech ephemera and news, has discovered an unlikely portal to an era that has all but disappeared from today's Internet, and quite nearly from the human record: VHS tapes. With these tapes, now viewable on YouTube, comes a critical look into a period that set the stage for the massive design and technological changes society has undergone over the past 20 years.
I love studying the original web. There are so many great ideas that we haven't truly fulfilled yet, but still could. So many bad ideas that we still do today out of habit. I'm a big believer that in order to truly understand this medium, we should look at the whole 25 years, not just the last 1. These videos will take you on a trip back to the past, to a time you either forgot, or never knew.
January 12, 2015 - 8:55pm