The 2017 Internet Hall of Fame induction Ceremony was held in Los Angeles on September 18 2017, in conjunction with the Internet Society’s 25th anniversary celebration. Fourteen people from around the world who have contributed significantly to the Internet’s inception, evolution and global growth were inducted Recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to the global Internet, these inductees comprise some of the world’s most influential engineers, evangelists, and entrepreneurs. The Ceremony will be re-webcast at 7pm EST today January 1 2018 via the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ihof17
Inductees: https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees
On November 25 2017 Professor David J. Farber presented the keynote talk at ISOC-NY’s Internet Society Chapterthon 2017 workshop Internet History for CS Teachers. His talk ‘A History of the Internet‘ is now available to educators everywhere. It will be webcast at 7pm EST (UTC-5) tonight Thursday December 28 2017 on the Internet Society Livestream Channel, with open captions.
View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/farber
Video: http://isoc-ny_dave_farber_history_of_the_internet.mp4
Captions: http://isoc-ny_dave_farber_history_of_the_internet.srt
Poster: http://isoc-ny_dave_farber_history_of_the_internet.jpg
Today, Wednesday Dec 13 2017, the ISOC-NY TV show presents our keynote speaker Professor David J. Farber from our Workshop: Internet History for CS Teachers on November 25 2017, as part of the Internet Society Chapterthon 2017. This 58 minuteprogram is available for download and free use under a CC-BY-SA license.
What: ISOC-NY TV Show – A History of the Internet – Dave Farber
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday Dec 13 2017 2pm-3pm EST | 1900-2000 UTC
Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
Download: video
On Saturday Nov 25 2017, at 10am the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY), with the support of the CSNYC+CSTA NYC Meetup will host a Workshop: Internet History for CS Teachers. In CS education there is currently a lot of emphasis on coding. Our aim is to, via Internet History, promote a wider understanding of open network infrastructure, its past, its values, and its future. This workshop will be conducted by Reuben Loewy, developer of the the ‘Living Online‘ Internet Studies curriculum in Princeton NJ. Special guest keynote speaker will be Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer inductee Prof. David J. Farber. Video from the workshop will be ISOC-NY’s contribution to the global Internet Society Digital Schools Chapterthon 2017. Lunch will be provided.
What: Workshop: Internet History for CS Teachers
Where: Courant Institute, Warren Weaver Hall NYU, 250 Mercer ST, NYC
When: Saturday Nov 25 2017, 10am-2pm
Register at either: https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/245159453/ (ISOC-NY)
or: https://www.meetup.com/CSNYC-CSTA-NYC/events/245257534/Â (CSTA+CSNYC)
On Wednesday August 16 2017 at 08:00 UTC (repeated at 20:30 UTC) BBC Radio 4 will broadcast the first of a 4 part-series Aleks in Wonderland: The Story of the Internet.
As the BBC puts it:
In this series Aleks Krotoski unravels the complexity of the internet, meeting the people who really invented it, looking behind the myths and cultural constructs to explain what it actually is and how it came to exist outside of conventional regulation.
We’ll ask whether the nature of the net itself really is cause for concern – and if so what can be done to reign in the negatives of the internet without restricting the positives?
This first episode is entitled ‘The International League of Geeky Gentlemen“.
New Zealander Brian E. Carpenter is a former Chair of the Internet Society’s Board of Trustees (2000-2002). He led the networking group at CERN during the period that Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web. He is a leading figure in the history and work of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In other words he’s one of those many fathers of the Internet, one who has worked diligently over the years to make it what is today. He has now authored a book describing that process – Network Geeks – How They Built the Internet (Springer, 2013).
From the blurb:
Part history, part memoir and part cultural study, Network Geeks charts the creation of the Internet and the establishment of the Internet Engineering Task Force, from the viewpoint of a self-proclaimed geek who witnessed these developments first-hand. With boundless enthusiasm and abundant humour, Brian Carpenter leads the reader on a journey from post-war Britain to post-millennium New Zealand, describing how the Internet grew into today’s ubiquitous, global network, including the genesis of the World-Wide Web in the hotbeds of a particle collider at CERN. Illuminating the science and technology behind the apparent “magic trick†of the Internet, Network Geeks opens a window into the initially bewildering world of the Internet engineering geek. After reading this book, you may wish to join this world yourself
And Vint Cerf himself says:
This is a geek page-turner! I learned much about the European side of the Internet’s history that I did not know in detail and a lot about Brian himself, too. I don’t know how he remembered so much in detail!
The book is available in paperback or kindle editions from AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Network-Geeks-They-Built-Internet/dp/1447150244/
On November 18 2009 Professor David J. Farber, now an Internet Society Trustee, gave a talk – The Technical and Political Evolution of the Internet – in the University of Delaware’s ECE Distinguished Lecturers Series. Commencing with a “how did we get here?” potted history, and continuing to prognosticate where we might go next, it is an indispensable overview of the Internet’s development from one of its prime movers. Prof. Farber is known for his ‘Farberisms‘ – mangled metaphors that push his point home. Keep an ear out for those! Video / audio can be downloaded, and it has been posted to YouTube.
- Download video | audio
- View on YouTube (skip intro)
- Transcribe at AMARA.
Vint Cerf has just completed a trip to India where he spoke at several events, including one with the Internet Society Chennai Chapter. While in New Delhi he was interviewed at length on the NDTV India ‘Big Fight’ program. Video is below. No captions.
Mosaic, First Real Web Browser, Turns 20
http://mashable.com/2013/01/24/mosaic-web-browser/
The Special Interest Group Computers, Information and Society (SIGCIS) has issued a call for papers for a special issue of Information & Culture: A Journal of History (Volume 50, Issue 1, February-March 2015).
The increasing importance of the Internet, Web and related information and communication technologies, such as social media, has made it ever harder and ever more important to understand their history. Many authors have traced the timelines of technical developments, and a growing number of books have been written about the social history of the innovations that comprise and enable this network of networks. Scholars disagree over the very definition of the Internet and its history as a set of protocols, a large technical system, an infrastructure, or ensemble of technologies.
The editors invite original, scholarly treatments of the history of the Internet that critically examine common assumptions about its origins and developments over the decades. Submissions could take any number of approaches, including:
- Broad historical perspectives on the Internet’s development;
- Historical case studies of particular developments, such as ARPANet, TCP/IP, the World Wide Web, or Facebook;
- Accounts of computer and communication networks, such as Open Systems *Interconnection, online services, the European Informatics Network, and digital mobile telephone networks that contributed to or anticipated aspects of today’s Internet but did not use Internet technologies;
- Regional histories of Internet adoption or innovation;
- Studies of an institution, such as ICANN, W3C, or Internet Governance Forum;
- Explorations of an event, such as the dotcom bubble;
- Critical analyses of scholarly or popular narratives about the Internet’s history.
These are only illustrative of possible approaches, creative approaches to the history of the Internet that go beyond these specific examples are welcomed.
Full papers should be from 6,000 to 10,000 words, including all notes and bibliography. Shorter or longer papers might be considered in exceptional cases, based on the merit of the case. The editors expect to publish 4-6 papers in the special issue, with any additional papers that merit publication scheduled for journal issues that will appear after the special issue.
The deadline is August 30 2013. More info: http://www.sigcis.org/InternetIssue