Webwhompers

Applying fundamental concepts of computer science to the Web

Information and computation

• Information, computation, and algorithms
• Summation: an example of what computation is
• HTML: an example of what computation is not
• Computing distance, part one: Information diffusion
• Computing distance, part two: Example
• Computing distance, part three: Algorithm

Examples of information diffusion on the Web:

• Social bookmarking in plain English by Common Craft
• RSS:
  • RSS in plain English by Common Craft
  • What is RSS? by Software Garden
• XML:
  • Introduction to XML by Jan Egil Refsnes
  • How can XML be used? by Jan Egil Refsnes

See also:

• The Machine is Us/ing Us
• Skim Six Degrees pp 135-139: "Is six a big or a small number?"