Jay Hoffmann
How We Searched Before Search
Believe it or not, there was a time before search engines. Discovery on the web was far more difficult. It was easy to get lost. That is, until a few different people created a map. Continue reading
Why Batman Forever is so Important for the Web
You may have heard the name Jeffrey Zeldman before. He’s often referred to as the godfather of the web, and in the early 2000’s he was a major force behind the Web Standards Project. But Zeldman started his career in advertising, and wound up at Grey Entertainment in the mid-90s. It was Alec Pollak who… Continue reading
The Origin of the IMG Tag
Why is it the <img> tag instead of the <image> tag? The answer, it turns out, dates back to one of the web’s earliest browsers and one of the web’s earliest discussions. Continue reading
When Rotuma Came to the Web
The web distributes access, access to information, and access to one another. Access on the web is what brings us to small island off the coast of Fiji, where web pioneers forged a unique community. Continue reading
A Brief History of Hypertext
Without hypertext, there would be no World Wide Web. But its name and conception predate the web’s creation by decades. Continue reading
The Web After Suck
A web magazine springs up from the depths of Hotwired, and captures the imagination and attention of a growing web audience. Continue reading
The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla
One of the web’s most influential browsers has roots that date back to its earliest days, and an evolution that has transformed it several times over. Continue reading