A Short History of the Animated GIF
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, theatlantic.com

PBS’s Off Book web series inves­ti­gates the evo­lu­tion of the Inter­net’s favorite meme-making medi­um, the Graph­ics Inter­change For­mat, intro­duced by Com­puServe in 1987. The video inter­views GIF experts includ­ing Patrick Davi­son of…