Tag: preservation

6 posts

Against Entropy

May 10, 2026

Make Digital Preservation Easier

If major companies think it’s too hard or costly to leave up user-generated content, perhaps we need to change the motivations.

May 17, 2023

Hindsight Is 2020

The decade’s over, and Tedium is another year older. Here’s some thoughts on the past, future, and preservation amid our fifth anniversary.

Historic Digital Places

Corporate motivation isn’t enough when it comes to digital preservation. Here’s a case for creating a National Register of Historic Places for websites.

Innovation Versus Preservation

How we keep screwing over yesterday’s technology due to an intent focus on what we’re doing today. The problem of planned obsolescence is getting worse.

The Lazarus Libraries

What happens when “lost” films and television shows become found once again—and what that does to the work’s cultural legacy.