We could all be archivists | Chase McCoy
chsmc.org · 1,295 words · saved by 1 readers
Typeset in Source Serif and Brunswick Grotesque. Built with Eleventy and hosted on Netlify. Thanks for stopping by ♥
Contrary to oft-repeated wisdom, the internet isn’t written in ink. Physical ink on paper is often a far better method for carrying data forward into the future. Manuscripts that are hundreds and even thousands of years old are still with us, and still being discovered every day. Will the same be true of our own data a hundred years from now? Physical collections benefit from their form: by taking up space in the real world they demand attention and care. Digital collections more easily fall into the trap of “out of site, out of mind”. How many online services have you signed up for, added dat
saved by
related reading
- The Magic of Small Databasestomcritchlow.com
- This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Webjeffhuang.com
- Century-Scale Storagelil.law.harvard.edu
- Making space for a handmade webfigma.com
- The sad state of personal data and infrastructure | beepb00pbeepb00p.xyz
- File over appstephango.com
- A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Onlinehenry.codes
- Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grainfrankchimero.com
- A Website Is A Rooma-website-is-a-room.net
- There is an internet that is mine & I would like you to live in it with me – Chia's Blogchias.blog
- Archiving URLs · Gwern.netgwern.net
- 🌱 My blog is a digital garden, not a blogjoelhooks.com