5-minute lightning talk presented at The Perl Conference 2016 in Orlando. I introduce my research project 'The Web that Was,' about how Perl helped shape the web in the 1990s.
2. ‘The web that was’ research
project (4-years, funded by NWO)
researching Perl’s role in web history
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)