This is a cross-cultural, critical history of social life on the Internet. It captures technical, cultural, and political events that influenced the evolution of computer-assisted person-to-person communication via the net.

Trods nyudnævnelsen til ’verdens bedste it- nation’ er fire ud af ti danskere så dårlige til at bruge en computer, at det koster samfundsøkonomien 79 milliarder kroner om året.

Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.

The Information Age is the age of the knowledge worker. The Connected Age is the age of the web worker. Knowledge workers create and manage information, massaging it into intangible knowledge goods.

If Web 2.0 was so hot, how about Web 3.0? This has been a recurrent theme of would-be meme-engineers who want to position their startup as the next big thing.

If you feel like work is getting harder, it’s not just your imagination, says Malcolm Gladwell.