The team at the Internet Archive, responsible for Wayback Machine, ArchiveTeam, the TV News Archive, and many other projects, are true gems. I had the chance to meet Brewster and many others whilst last in San Francisco and their passion is infectious.
If anyone is interested, they have an open lunch on Fridays[1] where you get to see the church, the tech, and meet the team. Each team member and guest gives a few sentences about who they are and what they do, which really gives you a feel to how much work is going on under the covers.
I feel humanity will look back on this period -- lost diskettes, CDs, DVDs, game consoles, Betamax, VHS -- and lament the comparative black hole of information. Myspace history deleted with no warning, Justin.tv deleting history with only 8 days warning[2], ... and a million more examples. The Internet Archive are fighting that one bit at a time.
I feel humanity will look back on this period -- lost diskettes, CDs, DVDs, game consoles, Betamax, VHS -- and lament the comparative black hole of information. Myspace history deleted with no warning, Justin.tv deleting history with only 8 days warning[2], ... and a million more examples. The Internet Archive are fighting that one bit at a time.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826313
[2]: https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/31565557291982848...