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I’ve been reading a 1996 Master’s dissertation related to my topic: ‘A study of internet use by Christian churches and organisations.’ It’s really interesting but what struck me most is how much it reads like a historical document – how the vocabulary, techniques and tools from 11 years ago seem very antiquated when compared to all this Web 2.0 malarkey.

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