// Disciplines
Sociology of Technology
6 topics
- Digital Archaeology
What Sleeps Inside the Floppy Disk
Floppy disks were the standard storage medium for personal computers from the 1980s to the 1990s. Inside the 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch plastic s…
- Digital Archaeology
What Does Running an Old OS Revive?
Running old operating systems such as Windows 95, Mac OS 9, or MS-DOS in emulators or virtual machines is more than a technical experiment. …
- Digital Archaeology
What Does Reading Old Code Mean?
Reading old code is not merely about understanding how an old program functioned. It is an act of deciphering the technical constraints of t…
- Digital Archaeology
The Reason for Saving Pages No One Sees
On the internet there exist countless pages that almost no one sees — old personal blog posts, documentation from abandoned projects, announ…
- Digital Archaeology
What Sensibility Is Needed for an Internet Archaeologist?
An internet archaeologist is not merely someone who excavates data. They need a sensibility capable of sensing the “temperature” and “atmosp…
- Digital Archaeology
Who Writes the History of Digital Culture?
The history of digital culture is not written from official records or corporate perspectives alone. It is actually woven from countless ind…