Philosophy
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Otlet pioneered the field of what we today call information science, but what he called documentation. A hundred years before the development of the Internet, Otlet used terms like web of knowledge, link, and knowledge network to describe his vision for a central repository of all human knowledge.
George Dyson--computers
World Wide Web and Paul Otlet
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Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week brings us the feast day of Saint Paul. Paul Lynde would have been 81. A stand-up comedian before becoming a character actor and appearing in Bewitched, The Munsters, The Phil Silvers...
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Uh, okay, this is different. From PEL [Partially Examined Life]... Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13,...
- Internet--historical Origins
No it was NOT Al Gore who invented the Internet. From POSP stringer Tim is this interesting historical information. First U.S. Web Site: Documentation of the Early Web at SLAC (1991-1994) This collection documents the installation of the first United...
- George Dyson--computers
TED: "George Dyson: The birth of the computer" World Wide Web and Paul Otlet [From stringer Tim.]...
Philosophy
Otlet...not Gore
Drawing Paul Otlet
"Everything in the universe, and everything of man, would be registered at a distance as it was produced. In this way a moving image of the world will be established, a true mirror of his memory. From a distance, everyone will be able to read text, enlarged and limited to the desired subject, projected on an individual screen. In this way, everyone from his armchair will be able to contemplate creation, as a whole or in certain of its parts."-- Paul Otlet ["Monde" 1934].
"Everything in the universe, and everything of man, would be registered at a distance as it was produced. In this way a moving image of the world will be established, a true mirror of his memory. From a distance, everyone will be able to read text, enlarged and limited to the desired subject, projected on an individual screen. In this way, everyone from his armchair will be able to contemplate creation, as a whole or in certain of its parts."-- Paul Otlet ["Monde" 1934].
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Otlet pioneered the field of what we today call information science, but what he called documentation. A hundred years before the development of the Internet, Otlet used terms like web of knowledge, link, and knowledge network to describe his vision for a central repository of all human knowledge.
Biography of Paul Otlet
[Part English; part French]
Narrated by W. Boyd Rayward [biographer]
Dutch Television
1998
[Part English; part French]
Narrated by W. Boyd Rayward [biographer]
Dutch Television
1998
George Dyson--computers
World Wide Web and Paul Otlet
- Why Is Ron Paul Ignored By The Media?
So, in the latest poll from Public Policy Polling, Ron Paul leads the Republican field in Iowa. This, after a string of other candidates, popularly deemed the anti-Romneys, rose and fell. But the way all of those candidates were treated is very different...
- The Feast Of Saint Paul
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week brings us the feast day of Saint Paul. Paul Lynde would have been 81. A stand-up comedian before becoming a character actor and appearing in Bewitched, The Munsters, The Phil Silvers...
- Lucy Lawless [xena] Reads Sartre's "no Exit"
Uh, okay, this is different. From PEL [Partially Examined Life]... Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13,...
- Internet--historical Origins
No it was NOT Al Gore who invented the Internet. From POSP stringer Tim is this interesting historical information. First U.S. Web Site: Documentation of the Early Web at SLAC (1991-1994) This collection documents the installation of the first United...
- George Dyson--computers
TED: "George Dyson: The birth of the computer" World Wide Web and Paul Otlet [From stringer Tim.]...