Re: A simple link, it turns out

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 27 Jul 2005 08:47:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1122479235.230976.12650_at_g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


dawn wrote:
> >From August 2005 wired (sometime in the near future) a callout in the
> article "We are the Web" by Kevin Kelly reads,
>
> "A simple link, it turns out, is the most powerful invention of the
> decade."

I wonder which decade they mean, the fifties or the sixties?

> I, for one, am pleased that links have been "invented" and we are
> permitted to drive around through data again. I don't need to do it
> all the time, typically when I have a particular instance -- person,
> place, thing or event -- and want to know more about it. Sure, if I
> know where I'm headed I could do that with set processing, but I
> appreciate the permission to wander too.

How often do you find what you're looking for via clicking on a link, and how often via a search engine?

Marshall Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 17:47:15 CEST

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