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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The 1934 Internet

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 “rĂ©seau,” which might be translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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