Gitelman brings up interesting points through talking about "Error 404" pages. Having ran websites before, it was very easy for me to relate to the error messages. In particular she mentions the "perishable quality of the web (internet)" and although she thinks there are more important questions to dwell on, I find this to be an excellent topic. I feel as though perishable is a great way to describe a lot of forms of newer media. A web page can be up one minute, and then down the next. I have seen so many websites go up quickly, and then people become bored with them within a month resulting in a web site that is either taken down or completely neglected.
Also, I find a lot of digital media file types like .jpegs, .mov, .mp3, etc are also perishable. Because of the fact that they are not "physically" there, often times we do not have good ways to back these up. I know I personally have lost data such as these at times because I haven't properly backed up my system.
Gitelman also goes on to describe the evolution of what a web publication might be, namely how to back up these up, and how to retrieve them without "error or exception". I feel like with each passing day this becomes easier and easier for us to do with advances in technology. Someone is always trying to create new systems and make our technology better.
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