The Printing Press Revolution
Upon the invention of the printing press, information became much more democratized than it had previously been. Prior to the invention of the press, many …
Month: February 2023
Blog #3
According to the YouTube video, “Movable Typeset”, people created and produced books by either handwriting them or by block printing. But these methods were proven …
Evolution of the Press
Writing has a vast variety of changes when diving into the history of understanding books and writing. Many will argue that the dawn of writing …
Press
Things gradually began to pick up speed during this century when it came to printing information . The invention of the printing press was one …
Blog 3
The invention of the movable typeset by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century was a pivotal moment in the history of information production and circulation. …
February 8
Housekeeping Discussion Leader! Exercise In groups of 2, explore one of the websites below and answer the following questions: Group 1: The Cuneiform Digital Archive …
BLOG # 2 From Ancient to Digital World
The way ancient people preserve information or books was much different from how we do it today. It was very effective for them as they …
From Clay to Silicon
The methods that ancient peoples used to preserve information had their drawbacks, but were astoundingly ingenious nonetheless. The idea to record information on clay tablets, …
Ancient vs Modern
In ancient times I believe to persevere information was the practice of something being rediscovered and adapted on. The materials that were being used for …
Blog #2
One of the earliest form of recording and preserving information was through cuneiform tablets. Since then, like a book, it has gone through a number …
