BBC Virtual Revolution TV Programme Starts Sat 30th Jan

radderfire · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:10

New BBC Series about the internet:

Saturday 30 January
8:30pm - 9:30pm
BBC2

Looks interesting ... should be worth watching.

Rgds :cool:

djmc0 · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:11

radderfire said:
New BBC Series about the internet:

Saturday 30 January
8:30pm - 9:30pm
BBC2

Looks interesting ... should be worth watching.

Rgds

Protip: Link to information, for us lazy people.

*edit*
:mad:

You made me un-lazy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qn37q

MowyTone · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:55

Does indeed look like it could be worth a watch

Prof. Cheese · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:57

Will give this a gander for sure.

Glaucus · 30 Jan 2010 at 17:04

Feel free to add this to op

DOCUMENTARY: The Virtual Revolution
On: BBC 2 West (102)
Date: Saturday 30th January 2010 (starting in 3 hours and 26 minutes)
Time: 20:30 to 21:30 (1 hour long)

The Great Levelling?
Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names, she investigates whether it has lived up to its early promise. In the first in this four-part series, Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube, and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit.
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=158980

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

Burnsy2023 · 30 Jan 2010 at 17:35

I think this series may show the Web Fest at Learning Societies Lab, Southampton Uni. That'll be an interesting episode

Jimmy1983 · 30 Jan 2010 at 21:41

Watched 5mins, looked crap

djmc0 · 30 Jan 2010 at 21:42

I'm hoping that iPlayer has my back on this, so that I can watch it when I am more in the mood.

Nate--IRL-- · 30 Jan 2010 at 21:47

It was an interesting watch, will watch it again next week if I'm not in the pub.

Nate

V4NT0M · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:01

Am I the only one that thinks that Tim Berners-Lee did not "invent" the web?

Nate--IRL-- · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:03

Skyfall said:
Am I the only one that thinks that Tim Berners-Lee did not "invent" the web?

Who did then?

Nate

Meridian · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:07

Skyfall said:
Am I the only one that thinks that Tim Berners-Lee did not "invent" the web?

Very little is truly invented out of the blue by one person. In the real worls, invention is incremental, and there's seldom one outstanding point where you can say something came into being. But just as people want someone to blame for a disaster, they want someone to credit for success. Hence "Invention X was created by Y". Berners-Lee's part was critical, but whether it was "the invention of the internet" is certainly open to question.

As for the program, I found it jumped around to much: it felt like an hour-long introduction to a different program that they'll show later.

M

alex24 · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:07

If it's anything like BBC news technology info, it will be filled with glaring errors and unnecessary prejudice against various aspects of IT.

AGD · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:17

Skyfall said:
Am I the only one that thinks that Tim Berners-Lee did not "invent" the web?

I think so...

He invented it so it would be hard for someone else to have done it!

timmothy · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:53

if you want to watch the best mini series about the web watch, "download the true story of the internet" , it was an awesome series and really had me thinking, some brilliant interviews as well. The most important thing is its more accurate than bbc rubbish :-)

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=635

starfighter · 30 Jan 2010 at 23:25

I liked it, but I think I fancy the presenter.

daz · 30 Jan 2010 at 23:42

Meridian said:
Berners-Lee's part was critical, but whether it was "the invention of the internet" is certainly open to question.

He didn't claim to invent the internet, he invented HTML and HTTP (i.e. the "world wide web").

daz · 30 Jan 2010 at 23:45

Interesting point they made at one time during the programme, though was that of competition on the internet. Whilst for a time in certain areas you have competition - once a winner emerges, you're left with one ubiquitous search engine, one auction site, one social networking site, etc.

ChroniC · 30 Jan 2010 at 23:52

I watched this, and all I seemed to notice, is that true liberalism and freedom causes chaos. :/

electric ant · 31 Jan 2010 at 01:02

The presenter Aleks Krotoski used to present Bits, the videogame show that was on years ago, if anyone still remebers it. It was probably the only show on TV that had anything to do with videogames at the time. Its funny how she is now a "Dr".

http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=-pr9myufAI0

(link has some profanities)