Chris Clarke's talk from Creative Social presents ... The Internet Used to be Fun. What happened?

1. The
internet
s*ll
is
fun
A
lo-­‐fi
ppt
by
Chris
Clarke

2. Ravers
88

3. Ravers
92

4. How
many
ravers
does
it
take
to
change
a
lightbulb?

5. 12.
I
to
change
it,
11
to
stand
around
saying
how
much
beHer
the
old
one
was

6. Old
Git
Gibb

7. Young
Gibb

8. Nostalgia
• The
term
nostalgia
describes
a
yearning
for
the
past,
oMen
in
idealized
form.[1]
The
word
is
a
learned
forma*on
of
a
Greek
compound,
consis*ng
of
νόστος
(nóstos),
meaning
"returning
home",
a
Homeric
word,
and
ἄλγος
(álgos),
meaning
"pain,
ache".
It
was
described
as
a
medical
condi*on,
a
form
of
melancholy,
in
the
Early
Modern
period,
and
came
to
be
an
important
topic
in
Roman*cism.[1]

9. Then

10. Now

11. The
trouble
is
• Money
• Houses
• Cars
• Wife
• Kids
• Mortgages
• School
fees

12. 35-­‐45
The
years
of
responsibility

13. Some
people
are
s*ll
young
and
fresh
• Images
needed
of
Zanya
et
al

14. Sure
it
was
fun

15. But
now
it’s
beHer,
bolder,
bigger
more
far
reaching

16. Clever
-­‐
Hjerteknuser

17. BeHer
quality
-­‐
Coogan

18. Collabora*ve

19. Irreverent

20. More
connected

21. Faster

22. Best
of
all,
it’s
no
longer
a
fight

23. Possible!