Resources and Inspiration 💡

Here’s a curated collection of readings, media, blogs, tools, and art to plunge in the wholesomeness of Our Internet!

Internet

• The Internet’s Own Boy, a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Aaron Swartz written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger.
• On (De-)Centralized Communications, an in-depth article by the Interpeer Project about Paul Baran’s sketch and its meaning.
• Can Democracy Coexist With Big Tech?
• A History of the Internet and the Digital Future, a comprehensive and accessible journey through the history of the Internet by Johnny Ryan.
• 1991: Tim Berners-Lee Tries to Convert the Hypertext Faithful
• Articles about the #OpenWeb, by Hamish Campbell
• On Distributed Communications – Introduction to Distributed Communications Networks, by Paul Baran
• The Good on the Internet, by Tim Berners-Lee

Fediverse

• What is the Fediverse?, a zine by Kenobit.
• Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse, by Elena Rossini
• The two Fediverses, about Meta’s involvement in the Fediverse
• Making Alternative Social Media in a Corporate Social Media World
• The fediverse, explained

Organizations

• New_ Public, a non-profit made by researchers, engineers, designers, and community leaders working together to explore creating digital public spaces where people can thrive and connect.

Social media

• X makes you complicit, it's time for nonprofits to act

Indie Web

• Basic HTML Is the New Punk Folk Explosion
• Everybody's Free (To Write Websites)

Environment

• Noisy, Hungry Data Centers Are Catching Communities by Surprise