Tommi 🤯<p><strong>🧶 Knitting Our Internet Italy Tour! 🇮🇹</strong></p><p><em>(Versione italiana nel post precedente)</em></p><p>Tomorrow will begin the unbelievable tour of <a href="https://ournet.rocks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Knitting Our Internet</em></a>, bringing the workshop around Italy! ⛵</p><p>If you’ll be in the places where the workshop will be happening, you are most definitely welcome to join, 🆓 <strong>participation is completely free</strong>. If you won’t be around, please help me spread the word to friends and curious folks around the country! Everyone is invited. 💕</p><p>Thanks to the awesome people who will be hosting me! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://livellosegreto.it/@collettivodemand" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>collettivodemand</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@reclaimthetech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reclaimthetech</span></a></span> </p><p>✨ Special note: while I will be in Bologna, we are planning to gather in person and collectively attend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediforum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fediforum</span></a></span>, all together, from <a href="https://municipiozero.it/scift/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Scift</em></a>, the newborn hackerspace in Làbas!</p><p>ℹ️ To get the latest info, visit <a href="https://ournet.rocks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ournet.rocks/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/LaNostraRete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaNostraRete</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/LaNostraReteTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaNostraReteTour</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/OurNetTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OurNetTour</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Milano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milano</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/FaLaCosaGiusta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaLaCosaGiusta</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Napoli" 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Tommi 🤯<p><strong>🧶 La Nostra Rete in tour! 🇮🇹</strong></p><p><em>(English version in the following post)</em></p><p>Da domani partirà il fantasmagorico imperdibile tour de <a href="https://ournet.rocks/it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>La Nostra Rete</em></a>, che porterà il workshop in giro per l’Italia! ⛵</p><p>Se sarete nei luoghi in cui si terrà il laboratorio siete assolutamente invitatз, 🆓 <strong>l’ingresso è libero e gratuito</strong>. Se non foste nei paraggi, condividete appppalla con amicз tecnoscetticз, tecnoinnamoratз, tecnoasceticз, tecnorepellenti o tecnoindifferenti. Sono tuttз benvenutз 💕</p><p>Grazie alle persone stratopiche che mi ospiteranno! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://livellosegreto.it/@collettivodemand" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>collettivodemand</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@reclaimthetech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reclaimthetech</span></a></span> </p><p>✨ Nota speciale: mentre sarò a Bologna, ci stiamo organizzando per trovarci di persona e partecipare collettivamente al <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediforum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fediforum</span></a></span>, tuttз insieme da <a href="https://municipiozero.it/scift/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Scift</em></a>, la nuova officina che aprirà domani a Làbas!</p><p>ℹ️ Per info aggiornate, visitate <a href="https://ournet.rocks/it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ournet.rocks/it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/LaNostraRete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaNostraRete</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/LaNostraReteTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaNostraReteTour</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/OurNetTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OurNetTour</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Milano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milano</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/FaLaCosaGiusta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaLaCosaGiusta</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Napoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Napoli</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Roma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roma</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Velletri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Velletri</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/L%C3%A0bas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Làbas</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/UrbanArtLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanArtLab</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Bologna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bologna</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Bolo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bolo</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Verona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verona</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/KnittingOurInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnittingOurInternet</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWeb</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Zero81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zero81</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralizzazione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralizzazione</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demand</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/laboratorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laboratorio</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/lab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lab</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers. As well as these 3 films, I look back at William Gibson's now extinct mid-90s website, "William Gibson’s Yardshow", and the equally lost to time Johnny Mnemonic net.hunt, an online scavenger hunt. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/cyberspace-movies-1995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/cyberspace</span><span class="invisible">-movies-1995/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90smovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90smovies</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p>I got nostalgic, so I ended up browsing pictures from <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DWebCamp2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWebCamp2023</span></a>, and I found these wild shots of me and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://w3c.social/@timbl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timbl</span></a></span>. Almost two years have passed, and I still cannot completely believe that I spent time chatting with the creator of the <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/WorldWideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWideWeb</span></a> and that he autographed <a href="https://tommi.space/csss/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">my thesis</a>!</p><p>Unbelievable things happen at <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DWebCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWebCamp</span></a>.</p><p>(Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@mai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mai</span></a></span> for the stolen shot 🌻)</p><p>Fun fact: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@mark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mark</span></a></span> kindly came and picked me up at the airport and he drove me and TBL to DWeb Camp. The first thing they asked me about while getting to the car was this patch I had, simulating the hammer and sickle communist symbol, but actually representing a sickle popping open an Aperol Spritz. So there was me, super jet-lagged and hungover (because I had my last exam of my bachelor the day before) trying to explain what that was to the creator of <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> and the director of the <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a>. It was super embarrassing but it is a great story to tell.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@dweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dweb</span></a></span> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/TBL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TBL</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/WWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWW</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/HTTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a></p>
Silicon Underground (Dave F)<p>36 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal that led to the World Wide Web, bringing the Internet to the masses. It contained early but recognizable descriptions of HTTP, HTML, and the URI. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InnovationHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InnovationHistory</span></a> <a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-1989-proposal-that-led-to-the-world-wide-web/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dfarq.homeip.net/the-1989-prop</span><span class="invisible">osal-that-led-to-the-world-wide-web/</span></a></p>
Carl von Lesquereux<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeoCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoCities</span></a> in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet | <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cybercultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybercultural</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/geocities-</span><span class="invisible">1995/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/the90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the90s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/90sInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90sInternet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internet_of_the_90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet_of_the_90s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NeoCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoCities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fun</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Ah, GeoCities: the prehistoric playground where everyone's cousin thought they were a web design genius, unleashing a cacophony of Comic Sans and blinking GIFs onto the unsuspecting public. 🚀💾 Now let's fondly reminisce over why the internet needed a hard reset. 😂🌐<br><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/geocities-</span><span class="invisible">1995/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoCities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Throwback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Throwback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90sMemories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90sMemories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"The key to [Beverly Hills Internet]'s initial growth over 1995 was helping people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build a web page on the internet. It offered a “Personal GeoPage Generator” that enabled homesteaders to easily create a home page.</p><p>But more than that, and as the name for its users implied, Bohnett wanted to give people the sense that they had a home on the internet."</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/geocities-</span><span class="invisible">1995/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TheWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWeb</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/geocities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geocities</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Variety: YouTube at 20: How the Video Colossus Launched the Creator Economy and Turned From Hollywood Foe to Friend. “Now, no major studio or network can afford not to post its trailers, clips, previews and promotional interviews on the platform. And those same studios and networks are starting to make significant money from YouTube, whether it’s in carriage fees for channels distributed […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/youtube-at-20-how-the-video-colossus-launched-the-creator-economy-and-turned-from-hollywood-foe-to-friend-variety/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/youtube-at-20-how-the-video-colossus-launched-the-creator-economy-and-turned-from-hollywood-foe-to-friend-variety/</a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>A look back at GeoCities in 1995 (30 years ago!), including a couple of rare screenshots of the GeoCities website from 1995 — when it was still known as Beverly Hills Internet. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/geocities-</span><span class="invisible">1995/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoCities</span></a> (special thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://olia.geocities.institute/@GIFmodel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GIFmodel</span></a></span> for the knowledge and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@andrewjbtw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>andrewjbtw</span></a></span> for the 1995 BHI images)</p>
Richard MacManus<p>In 1994, the World Wide Web became the default multimedia channel of the Internet. With the launch of Netscape Navigator and early websites like Yahoo! and HotWired, the Web achieved lift-off. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/internet-1</span><span class="invisible">994/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netscape</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>In this week's Cybercultural post, I look back on Tumblr in 2012. In particular, I explore how the gifset — a collection of animated gifs — came to epitomize Tumblr's quirky appeal and helped redefine blogging. (note: I fired up my YouTube a/c for this post, recording 4 video screencasts to illustrate some beautiful 2012 gifsets) <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/tumblr-2012/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/tumblr-201</span><span class="invisible">2/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tumblr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gifsets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gifsets</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>This week on Cybercultural I continue my look back at 1994 in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a>. I delve into how Netscape Navigator brought multimedia to the web, what it took to move the industry beyond the "internet in a box" paradigm, and why it was time for the ROMbloids to move aside and make way for the Webuloids! <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/netscape-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/netscape-1</span><span class="invisible">994/</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>andybaio</span></a></span> over on Bluesky, original IUMA team member <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@beach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beach</span></a></span> saw my Cybercultural post about IUMA 1994 today, and he sent a bunch of rare 1994 screenshots! So I have updated my post accordingly: <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thanks David, what a treasure those '94 images are. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"There were very few websites that went beyond text at the start of '94, so to begin with people didn't quite know what to make of [Internet Underground Music Archive]."</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TheWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWeb</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/InternetUndergroundMusicArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetUndergroundMusicArchive</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/IUMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IUMA</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>This week's look back at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> is again about 1994, and what I think was the world's first multimedia website: the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA). I tried my best to get some screenshots of IUMA from 1994, even though none appear to exist! I used somewhat blurry images from old YouTube videos and computer magazines. If anyone happens to have, or know of, a 1994 screenshot of IUMA, do let me know and I'll add it to the post. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>I wrote in a previous post that 2012 was the year that Web 2.0 quietly died...but it was also when a new kind of internet was born: a more mobile and visual one, with images and videos leading the way. Take a trip with me back to 2012, when YouTube "creators" started to be more popular than mere bloggers, when Facebook acquired Instagram, when Pinterest was a fast-growing social network, and when "picture subreddits" were all the rage. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2012/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/internet-2</span><span class="invisible">012/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>I probably already mentioned it, but <a href="https://www.deadweb.club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">deadweb.club</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is a pretty interesting project that aims to connect people interested in exploring "defunct social media platforms, abandoned 3D worlds, and forgotten blogs".</p><p>Their newsletter hasn't been very active, but they just announced a new member joining the team, so definitely worth (re-)subscribing.</p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebHistory</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WebArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebArchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/DeadWebClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadWebClub</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TheWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWeb</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>One of my all-time favorite artists is Lana Del Rey, and in this week's Cybercultural I chronicle her breakthrough year of 2011 — and how YouTube and social media were pivotal to her rise. 2011 was when Lana achieved "internet fame", which eventually led to a far greater level of fame. <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/lana-del-rey-youtube-2011/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/lana-del-r</span><span class="invisible">ey-youtube-2011/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanaDelRey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanaDelRey</span></a></p>
Richard MacManus<p>David Bowie, Prince and Peter Gabriel all had interactive CD-ROMs out in 1994, and had plans for further multimedia projects. But by the end of the year, the CD-ROM format was effectively over. And let's not forget Cybermania '94, the Oscars of multimedia! <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/cd-roms-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/cd-roms-19</span><span class="invisible">94/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bowie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prince</span></a></p>
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