Chris Anderson

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson made the claim last week that the web is dead. Since then, a number of leading experts have weighed in against his thesis and had some rather damning things to say. Most notably, Rob Beschizza at Boing Boing immediately found the graph that ran with the story to be suspect, because it didn’t take into account the increase in web traffic over the 10 years in question. Once Beschizza recasted the data to reflect actual traffic growth online; it becomes quite...Read Full Story

Ever one to envelope web memes, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson is at it again. This time around though, he's not writing about The Long Tail, Free, or saying that "Atoms Are The New Bits." Rather, he's declaring that the web is dead. Basically, Anderson makes the arguement that mobile device revolution has caused many people to move from the computer screen and the browser to accessing things powered by the internet, but not actually visiting the web itself. "The Internet is the real...Read Full Story

Posted by Chris Harrold 17 July, 2009 County Durham rally driver Chris Anderson heads back north to Ingliston near Edinburgh for the second time this season hoping to end his recent run of bad luck on next weekend's Mercury Motorsport Stages Rally on July 25th and 26th. The 17-year-old maintenance engineer from Butterknowle near Bishop Auckland has encountered problems on the last two events but following on from his debut at the Royal Highland Showground over Easter, whereby he came...Read Full Story

County Durham rally driver Chris Anderson was in action in Cumbria over the weekend when he contested The Stobart Rail Pendragon Stages Rally based in Penrith. After a race to get his ex Guy Wilks Ford Puma S1600 ready in time for the event, the 18-year-old maintenance engineer from Butterknowle near Bishop Auckland was looking forward to gaining more experience on a multi-venue event. Anderson, who was seeded at number 90, was again partnered by the experienced co-driver and fellow Durham...Read Full Story

Posted by Chris Harrold 29 May, 2009 Following on from his result at Langbaurgh earlier this month, County Durham rally driver Chris Anderson is hoping to continue his good form when he contests next weekend's Keith Frecker Memorial Weeton Stages Rally at Weeton Camp near Blackpool. The seventh place overall and novice class win on the ALM Autodrome Stages Rally was the latest in a string of good performances for the 17-year-old maintenance engineer from Butterknowle who will once more...Read Full Story