Frustrated with the misunderstandings about the Web, and how it came to be, and what it really means I’ve come up with a plan, and I hope you will join me in this undertaking.
On January 1st I will prepare a copy of “Weaving the Web” by Tim Berners-Lee (Web inventor) for a year-long journey to as many people who will participate in the project. The process is simple, and old-skool for a reason – it’s a hands-on experience!
- We gather a list of snail mail addresses from participants here. You can use any address where you receive mail, but please be aware that this will be public information so work addresses and boxes are preferred for your privacy.
- On January 1st, I box up my copy and I’ll find some beautiful paper we can use to sign our names to. Then, I send it to the first recipient on the list. While media mail takes longer, it’s cheaper, so use that if it’s all you can afford as this is voluntary.
- I write up a blog post, tweet or other notification(s) including one thought or many about how reading “Weaving the Web” affected me.
- Person two receives the book and repeats the process.
- In one year the book is returned to me, and I will present it at some point to Tim Berners-Lee as a gift
Someone with some geolocation savvy can help me and anyone else put up a tracking site so we can track the book as it travels around the world, have photos of people who are involved, and track thoughts, etc. Interested in helping with that, just let me know in comments.
The goals: To deepen our awareness of what the Web was meant to be by the man who invented it. To unify us in spite of our different perspectives. To remind us of the nobility of our profession, and how we should all be very proud to be part of such an ideal.
If you are interested in the project, please share your thoughts and contact info below, and I will begin building the list and basic tracking site.
Sounds like an excellent idea Molly.
I’ll be happy to participate.
Yay! Thanks Ludvig. Please let me have a snail mail addy, here or in email.
Ludvig Lindblom
Skebokvarnsvägen 366
12450 Bandhagen
Sweden
Here’s my mailing address:
Jeffrey Langham
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
650 West 35th Street
LVL 114
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Okay, oops. Thought this was going somewhere else. In my excitement, I got a little carried away with the contact info there. Anywho…
That’s fine – unless you don’t want it public in which case I’ll take it down.
your tweet about the book prompted me to order a copy, thanks!
Yay!
Surely interested.
My snail mail address goes into your email inbox right now.
Yes, you can email me snail mail addresses if you prefer. I can follow the process and keep that info one to one if that’ll help. molly at molly dot com!
I have also emailed, this is a wonderful idea Molly.
Sounds like a fab idea. What’s your email so I can send my info?
Done!
Me too
Fab idea, Mols!
I’d love to help with the dev side (and not just for iOS
), plus I’ve been meaning to read the book for years!
I’ll email you my address.
Cool idea, count me in!
Robin Berjon
c/o SpinTank
50 rue de Montreuil
75011 Paris
France
I’m in
I’ll email you my address.
I was in library school when I read it in 2000, so when I was given the assignment to write a paper nominating my pick for the Librarian of the Century, I — tongue in cheek — nominated Berners-Lee. I will see if I still have that paper.
Fabulous idea – count me in as well. I’ll email you my snail mail addy.
Mols, I have extra copies of the book from loaning copies to students. I’d be happy to contribute them to the effort!
Count me in, too! I’ll send you my address.
This is a wonderful initiative, count me in!
I will be mailing my snail mail address to you.
Great stuff there. Will send in my address too!
Blk 787D woodlands crescent #08-38 SG 734787
Thanks! Remove once you receive (:
I want to be in this project. I want to translate this page it in Turkish and publish it my web site for more volunteers
Luv it!! Suggestion–put up a form so addresses don’t have to be public?
Sounds like an awesome idea. Count me in. I’ll send you my snail mail address via “cheetah mail”.
Molly.. this is a super idea. Please include me on the snail-mailing list:
Steve Bratt
122 Cambridge Street
Winchester, MA 01890
USA
I’m in, here’s my pro mailing address :
Frank Taillandier
WS Interactive
15 quai Lucien Lombard
31000 Toulouse
France
What a lovely idea!
Greane Tree Technology
65 1st
Troy, NY 12180
This is a great idea Molly, Sir Tim’s original concepts might have got a bit lost along the way, let’s see how this goes! I’ll e-mail a suitable address.
Great idea !
Our snailing mailing is:
ROUNDHOUSE
PO Box 1627 Capalaba BC Qld Australia
cheers, saul
This sounds wonderful Molly. I will send snail mail details by another medium.