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Ideas for what Might get included in talk:

Start at the beginning - for comedic effect.

Scrolls - as the start of recording history in some civilizations - wiki scroll

Replaced by Codex (books) wiki books

The reason pages beat scrolls in the physical world was better UX.

easier to transport.
a codex allows random access, as opposed to a scroll, which uses sequential access.
bla bla bla - other examples

Data vis on scrolls vs data vis in books. (perhaps make the case that scrolls had some benefits over books in this arena in terms of UX & access)

(insert humorous timeline of events between scrolls and scrolling - xcd style)

Some things have changed

Question to research: What was the original thought around the web page - was it more of a page in a book or more of a scroll on a shelf?

Show early mouse and scrollbar examples

Mice have turned into track pads have turned into touch screens.

Now the experience is ready for the scroll, but is web technology?

Its relation to data visualization

Its use of mixed media

Steppers vs Scrollers.