Presented at the August 14th Friday Lunch at Internet Archive.
Software Curator and Free-Range Archivist Jason Scott describes the process and efforts behind the in-browser emulation system at Internet Archive. Subjects covered include:
- A welcome to new work friends not yet met
- The perception of the Internet Archive's existence
- The philosophy of playable items
- A fork in the road (EaaS vs. Emularity)
- How to manage an impossible project
- The ramifications of emulation in the browser
- Our day to day efforts keeping it running
- Shout outs to efforts both internal and external to achieve the goal
Brewster Kahle also makes commentary about the project and Jason and Brewster discuss some of the results of the work.
