My brilliant friend, Amelia Acker, has a new book out about the history of digital data management. Archiving Machines is available for Open Access download at the MIT website but I bought a copy for my "archive" (what I now self-importantly call my bookshelf): mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...

As we kick off the first week of quarter, I am reminded that I my mental model is *absolutely* directory structure and I have no idea how students now live their entire lives in the chaotic laundry basket that is Google Drive. This article explains it so well: www.theverge.com/22684730/stu...