surfing - when and who coined the term
Hi all A question some might readily know the answer too. Is it known when and by whom the notion of 'surfing' was introduced to describe browsing/navigation/information seeking on the web? I never thought that the concept was particularly fit but I would like to know its genealogy in the context of the web/hypertext). Thanks, Rune ________________________________________________ Rune Dalgaard | MA, Ph.D. Candidate | Information and Media Studies | Aarhus University | Denmark runed@imv.au.dk | http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/runed
I recall a program on the History Channel (U.S. cable TV) from about 2001 that claimed "surfing the Internet" had been coined in 1992 by someone at the Library of Congress. If you go to http://www.netmom.com/about/origin.shtml you'll find some more information sources about the origins of the phrase. Sj At 3:28 PM +0200 5/12/03, Rune Dalgaard wrote:
Hi all
A question some might readily know the answer too.
Is it known when and by whom the notion of 'surfing' was introduced to describe browsing/navigation/information seeking on the web?
I never thought that the concept was particularly fit but I would like to know its genealogy in the context of the web/hypertext).
Thanks, Rune
________________________________________________ Rune Dalgaard | MA, Ph.D. Candidate | Information and Media Studies | Aarhus University | Denmark runed@imv.au.dk | http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/runed
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aside from Jean Armour Polly's claims, below, I have always associated the term with "mis-use" as I was under the understanding that folks had used the term "cerfing" in relation to Vinton Cerf's work (at CNRI) in the mid-80's on "wandering agents" (knowbots and spiders). On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 08:57 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
I recall a program on the History Channel (U.S. cable TV) from about 2001 that claimed "surfing the Internet" had been coined in 1992 by someone at the Library of Congress.
If you go to http://www.netmom.com/about/origin.shtml you'll find some more information sources about the origins of the phrase.
Sj
At 3:28 PM +0200 5/12/03, Rune Dalgaard wrote:
Hi all
A question some might readily know the answer too.
Is it known when and by whom the notion of 'surfing' was introduced to describe browsing/navigation/information seeking on the web?
I never thought that the concept was particularly fit but I would like to know its genealogy in the context of the web/hypertext).
Thanks, Rune
________________________________________________ Rune Dalgaard | MA, Ph.D. Candidate | Information and Media Studies | Aarhus University | Denmark runed@imv.au.dk | http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/runed
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Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Interim Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion
Hi, The phrase "Surfing the Internet" is coined in march 17, 1992 by Jean Armour Polly (a.k.a. Net Mom) while under contract to Wilson Library Bulletin to write a beginner's level article about the Internet : http://www.netmom.com/about/surfing10.shtml One of multiple sources : Hobbes' Internet Timeline v6.0 http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/ Best regards ---------------------- Serge Courrier Computer journalist Paris, France
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rune Dalgaard Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 3:29 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] surfing - when and who coined the term
Hi all
A question some might readily know the answer too.
Is it known when and by whom the notion of 'surfing' was introduced to describe browsing/navigation/information seeking on the web?
I never thought that the concept was particularly fit but I would like to know its genealogy in the context of the web/hypertext).
Thanks, Rune
________________________________________________ Rune Dalgaard | MA, Ph.D. Candidate | Information and Media Studies | Aarhus University | Denmark runed@imv.au.dk | http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/runed
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