Web 1.0
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2023
The end of the information superhighway?
Editing itself is a series of putting a structure, a controlled narrative, onto life - which is itself uncontrollable. In the book “The Uncontrollability of the World” author Harmut Rosa writes about…
Porn’s sticky fingers are all over the modern internet
A lot of credit is given to pornography for driving technological change. In reality it’s often an urban myth.
When rival video formats VHS vs Betamax fought a battle for supremacy, pornographers act…
Hot or Not versus Cyberfeminism
Web 1.0 is a new six part series from The Irish Times that looks at the origins of the modern internet. We talk to everyone from coders to astrologers and pornographers to hear the stories of people …
How Irish companies brought us texting and took us online
This is the story of how Barry Flanaghan brought the internet into Irish homes. Though it’s an Irish story, there are variations of it in countries across the world.
In France there was the Minitel, w…
Four court cases and a magazine cover story
Why is the internet the way it is? In Web 1.0, a new six-part podcast series, Irish Times videographer Enda O’Dowd explores the arguments and innovations that were happening back when the web was new…
Does AI have nightmares of endless September?
Why is the internet the way it is? In Web 1.0, a new six-part podcast series, Irish Times videographer Enda O’Dowd explores the arguments and innovations that were happening back when the web was new…