Data Driven Societies Digital & Computational Studies Bowdoin College January 27, 2014 Professors Gieseking & Gaze Lecture Slides "How the Internet Works, from even before 1991 to Today"

1. Data Driven Societies:
How the Internet Works
Professors Gaze & Gieseking

2. The Internet
If you haven’t yet experienced the Web, the best way
to find out about it is to try it.
—Tim Berners-Lee, 1994
What came before and since?

3. Lascaux Caves 15,000 BCE

4. Printing Press 1450-1500

5. DARPA Net 1970

6. DARPA Net 1977

7. Altair 8800 1975

8. Coding in BASIC 1976

9. WWW Project Pages 1998

10. Mosaic Netscape

11. DotCom Boom 2.0 2006

12. Our site: public or private?
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Pros: share with public, create portfolio of work,
represent Bowdoin
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Cons: learning process
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http://bit.ly/bowdoindds-pubpri

13. What makes a good post?
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Length: 2-4 paragraphs
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Language:
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clear, concise, and cogent
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first person when necessary
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academic
accurate and, when possible, catchy title
Links / Embedding:
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relevant articles and websites of record
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visuals when appropriate

14. What makes a good comment?
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Length: 2 paragraphs in length
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Language:
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academic
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clear, concise, and cogent
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supportive and fair response to your peer’s ideas
first person often
Links / Embedding:
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relevant articles and websites of record
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visuals when appropriate