It’s Time to Pay the Meter
Published: September 20, 2022
News used to be behind a paywall, or not. But then a publication figured out how to do both.
This is what you’re nostalgic for
Published: August 2, 2022
There’s a word for what you’re feeling. It’s anemoia. And it’s completely made up.
Spiderwoman, Wise-Women: Listservs to connect
Published: July 19, 2022
Way before social media, listservs acted as a glue that held the web community together.
It’s 1997 and you want to build a website
Published: July 5, 2022
You have a few options. How much time you got?
Gowalla, Foursquare and the (very) brief history of the Location Wars
Published: June 21, 2022
When the iPhone was released, two apps rushed to market in a battle over geolocation that would come to be briefly known as the “location wars”
Web Apps, Web Sites, Are they all the Same?
Published: May 17, 2022
Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think
Was Queen Elizabeth II a keen surfer of the early web?
Published: April 19, 2022
I recently went on a bit of a journey to figure out: did Queen Elizabeth surf the early web?
The Long Tail of Uselessness
Published: March 22, 2022
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.
The Most Influential Website of All Time
Published: March 8, 2022
There’s one site that is connected to Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo!, Twitter, and many others. And you probably never think about it.
21st Century Community
Published: February 1, 2022
In 1999, the word “community” took on a new meaning on the web. One that would have a lasting impact for years to come.
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table
Published: January 19, 2022
In 2007, the web standards project entered the scene once more to push Microsoft to build its most standards-compliant browser to date.
Web Components Before Web Components
Published: January 4, 2022
A decade before modern day web components, Microsoft had already hit on a formula for their success.