The History of the Web

Before browsers were truly cross-platform, there was a time when each operating system had their browser of choice, and it was tailored to the needs of those users.

The Spot was a webisodic soap opera that was as well-crafted as it was packed with drama. It boomed on the web for several years, and then faded away with virtually no trace. Until now.

March has been a weird month, but the web trudges onward.

The politics of campaigns have been massively influenced by the tonal shift of the web, and they will likely never be the same.

This month is all about blog posts, from pesonal experiences with the web to the long-term effects of social media.

The first newspaper published online is not what you think. It began with the smallest of steps, when a group of students chose to experiment with the web.

A history of Perl, Python, and the websites that rely on them.

Quick personal note. Now seems like as good a time as any to try out a few new things on […]

Tim Berners-Lee has said, on multiple occasions, the the first website in the US was one of the major reasons the web took off. But what did it do and why was it so important?

The Webby Awards was founded way back when no one knew if the web would take off. When we take a look at the Webbys, we see the web’s history.

This decade was not great for the web… There’s more than a few decade retrospective think-pieces making the rounds right […]

This post starts with a book. This book: It’s called Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms. That’s my copy. It’s […]