researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

researching Perl’s role in web history

how did Perl help shape the web? what did the web mean for Perl?

researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

roughly 1993-2001 (“Web 1.0”)

how did Perl help shape the web? what did the web mean for Perl?

researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

how did Perl help shape the web? what did the web mean for Perl?

roughly 1993-2001 (“Web 1.0”)

researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

how did Perl help shape the web? what did the web mean for Perl?

roughly 1993-2001 (“Web 1.0”)

researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

how did Perl help shape the web? what did the web mean for Perl?

roughly 1993-2001 (“Web 1.0”)

researching Perl’s role in web history

‘The web that was’ research project (4-years, funded by NWO)

Who am I?!- assistant prof @ Media Studies, U. of Groningen (NL)!- no comp sci. or programming background!- wrote a dissertation on 90s web culture (HotWired,

Suck, Slashdot and early blogging community)

Who am I?!- assistant prof @ Media Studies, U. of Groningen (NL)!- no comp sci. or programming background!- wrote a dissertation on 90s web culture (HotWired,

Suck, Slashdot and early blogging community)

michael@webcultures.org