Cameron's World is a love letter to the old internet, built from text and images dug out of GeoCities archives and served through the Wayback Machine. Open it and you land in a collage of the amateur web at its most exuberant: glitter text, tiled backgrounds, animated everything and midi music playing over the top.
It is a scroll-around, click-around kind of site. There is no goal beyond looking, and the assembled pieces are chosen to give a feel for what personal home pages looked like before templates and social feeds took over. If you remember that era, it will feel like opening an old box. If you do not, it is a primer.
The site is credited to Cameron Askin, with development by Anthony Hughes and music by Robin Hughes. It is meant for a desktop computer, so use a mouse, and since it plays music, check your volume. About five minutes is plenty, though it is easy to wander longer.
Tips for getting the most out of it
- Use a desktop browser.
- Check your volume; there is music.
- Click around and keep scrolling.
Questions about Cameron's World
What is Cameron's World?
It is a web artwork made from text and images taken from GeoCities archives, shown through the Wayback Machine. It recreates the look of the early amateur web with glitter text, animated graphics and music. You can find it at cameronsworld.net, and odd-sites.com lists it as a five-minute visit.
Who made Cameron's World?
The site credits Cameron Askin as creator, with development by Anthony Hughes and music by Robin Hughes. Its material comes from archived GeoCities pages. We check the link daily, so you can see whether it is still alive. It is free to open in a browser, with nothing to install.
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