The History of the Web

Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think

I recently went on a bit of a journey to figure out: did Queen Elizabeth surf the early web?

When Paul Phillips the web is at its best when its being useless he did the only thing he could think of. He built his own useless site to catalog it.

There’s one site that is connected to Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo!, Twitter, and many others. And you probably never think about it.

In 1999, the word “community” took on a new meaning on the web. One that would have a lasting impact for years to come.

In 2007, the web standards project entered the scene once more to push Microsoft to build its most standards-compliant browser to date.

A decade before modern day web components, Microsoft had already hit on a formula for their success.

Recently, I’ve been told that my email has been bouncing some messages back, so if you tried to email me […]

From Yahooligans! to Club Penguin, the kinds of sites we made for kids on the early web were a bit unsteady, but formative and fun for the first web generation.

In 1998, Netscape announced a bold new plan to the world. One announcement was expected. The other took the tech world by surprise.

1996 was the year of the city guide. By 1998, they were already gone.

The mid-2000’s were often referred to as the era of Web 2.0. That may have been an overused term, but it undeniably changed the way designers and developers approached their practice through patterns.