The Virtual Revolution
This excellent series started last Saturday but you can catch up on iplayer.
In episode 1 of The Virtual Revolution, Dr. Aleks Krotoski meets some of the biggest names of the web, including Jimmy Wales, Arianna Huffington, YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, and the inventor of the web himself, Tim Berners Lee.
The first episode was a fascinating history of how it all started.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution
Thanks James, I have it on my recorder ready to watch - looks very interesting.
Perhaps late-night surfing is not such a waste of time after all: it is just the Web dreaming. Tim Berners-Lee
Currently listening to: Massive Attack - Heligoland
Haven't watched the programme yet but here's a link to the accompanying website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/
Don't forget to watch the other 3 parts. Next one is tomorrow, 20.15 BBC2.
Perhaps late-night surfing is not such a waste of time after all: it is just the Web dreaming. Tim Berners-Lee
Currently listening to: Massive Attack - Heligoland
I was disappointed in the first half of today's episode. But the discussion of China was good and one point was outstanding: the web is making a contribution to the dissolution of the nation state. Good thing too! I'm not a member, but I like the idea of Facebook being the world's third largest country (350m) and of Paypal providing a world bank and a world currency and of Wiki + Googlebooks as the world's leading reference library.
Last edited by Tom; 6th Feb 2010 at 09:01 pm.
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