The History of the Web’s Monthly Blogroll, October 2018
Published: October 29, 2018
Back in the earliest days of the web, some blogs used to have a blogroll. Somewhere on their site, usually […]
The Books That Shaped How We Learn About the Web
Published: October 22, 2018
It might seem strange to talk about books on the web, but when designers first turned to books for a way to learn about the web, Lynda Weinman and Jennifer Robbins showed them the way.
The Day the Web Died
Published: October 9, 2018
On August 7, 2010 Wired declared that the World Wide Web was dead. The cover that graced the newstands that month featured […]
Dreaming Big on the Open Web
Published: October 1, 2018
The web has always belonged to all of us. That is to say its protocols and underlying technology are products […]
The History of the Web’s Monthly Blogroll, September 2018
Published: September 24, 2018
Back in the earliest days of the web, some blogs used to have a blogroll. Somewhere on their site, usually […]
The Online World of High Taste and Rock Music
Published: September 10, 2018
This is a small chunk of history of rock music on the web. It begins in Santa Cruz. Michael Goldberg […]
Your Privacy Policy Doesn’t Mean A Thing; Regulating Privacy on the Web
Published: September 4, 2018
In the beginning, the web had no memory. When you followed a link to a new page, everything you did […]
The History of the Web’s Monthly Blogroll, August 2018
Published: August 27, 2018
Back in the earliest days of the web, some blogs used to have a blogroll. Somewhere on their site, usually […]
Getting to the Picture Element
Published: August 20, 2018
The story of how responsive images made its way into the browser doubles as an inside look at the standards […]
Clearfix: A Lesson in Web Development Evolution
Published: August 13, 2018
The web community has, for the most part, been a spectacularly open place. As such, a lot of the best […]
Salon, Slate, and a History of the Tricky Business of Publishing Online
Published: August 6, 2018
In the first few years of the web’s spread to ubiquity, traditional news publishers moved online. But a new kind of publisher was also born, one that was native to the web, with a whole new set of rules.
The First Thing That Ever Sold Online Was Pizza
Published: July 30, 2018
If you happened to live in Santa Cruz in 1994 you could sit down at your computer, open up your […]