Jay Hoffmann
It’s Time to Pay the Meter
News used to be behind a paywall, or not. But then a publication figured out how to do both. Continue reading
Spiderwoman, Wise-Women: Listservs to connect
Way before social media, listservs acted as a glue that held the web community together. Continue reading
Gowalla, Foursquare and the (very) brief history of the Location Wars
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” Continue reading
The Long Tail of Uselessness
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. Continue reading
21st Century Community
In 1999, the word “community” took on a new meaning on the web. One that would have a lasting impact for years to come. Continue reading
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table
In 2007, the web standards project entered the scene once more to push Microsoft to build its most standards-compliant browser to date. Continue reading
Web Components Before Web Components
A decade before modern day web components, Microsoft had already hit on a formula for their success. Continue reading
We Made These Sites for Kids?
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. Continue reading
The mid-90’s was the era of the City Guide
1996 was the year of the city guide. By 1998, they were already gone. Continue reading
From designing interfaces to designing systems
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. Continue reading
It’s 1997 And You Want to Take a Flight
You might be surprised by what options you have. Already, in the late-90’s, travel was abuzz on the web. And the competition was fierce. Continue reading
Feeling Lonely on the Net
There are plenty who make the case that the web makes us lonely. But sometimes, the opposite is true. Continue reading