An interesting little news article on the “deadwood†of the Internet. A discussion about the number of abandoned websites and blogs that people have forgotten about or neglected to maintain over time. A good analogy by Steve Jones (University of Illinois at Chicago) about the importance of preserving “musty, out-of-print books†in the library and the importance of preserving “yesteryear”s castoffs†from the Web. CNN: Internet littered with abandoned sites
Ben Anderson”s group at BT and the University of Essex have released the preliminary results of their 2 year longitudinal e-Living project. Evaluating the effectiveness of EU information society policies, they model adoption and usage patters of Internet use, testing the social and economic benefits of new ICTs. e-Living October 2003