Henrik Werdelin

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What does the internet look like?

My friend Noah just posted about a new project he is starting called The Gallery Interweb. Its basically a bunch of links to people/sites who have tried to visualize the internet. It got me thinking of this old art piece that I saw and download many years ago. The quality of the video is pretty poor (as I downloaded back when 6MB was a big file :-). While I cant remember where I got it from, I still find it thought-provoking:

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  1. Ethan Kaplan says:

    I really dig this book, even though its totally outdated – http://www.mappingcyberspace.com/

  2. werdelin says:

    I'll check it out. thanks!

  3. Olivier says:

    Very cool… the Internet looks like airplane guidance or call centre traffic or neural network or fractal or…

  4. FrankSchuil says:

    Would be interesting to see this concept come alive. Is there a demo already?

  5. claresahotasingh says:

    Mr Henrik, Totally awesome piece of video…..Love it. Must send and share with the team.

  6. Jenn says:

    Really, you need these two maps (from 2006):
    http://xkcd.com/195/
    http://xkcd.com/256/
    awww… wasn't facebook so cute when it was young!

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