October 2020 Weblog: Finding the Web and Making Your Place
Published: October 28, 2020
This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story
Offline Browsing Like It’s 1995
Published: October 20, 2020
Offline browsing has been a kind of holy grail of web development. In the mid-90’s, it was a source of excitement, speculation, and soaring valuations.
September 2020 Weblog: Own Your Stuff, Learn About Fanfic
Published: September 29, 2020
If you’ve been following along with my series on CSS Tricks, well now you can listen to all of that great history, narrated by Jeremy Keith.
Why You’d Click on ChickClick
Published: September 16, 2020
When two sisters hit the web with their new idea, it was unlike anything anyone had seen. That one site, ChickClick, inspired so many more and crafted a foundational network of the early web.
Bringing the Laughter, Week after Week
Published: July 21, 2020
The comedy web series was one of the more interesting and influential adaptions of the web medium. It reversed the principles of traditional entertainment to create videos that were more approachable.
The Browser Engine That Could
Published: July 7, 2020
From a browser engine that started as the lesser known option used in an obscure browser to one that would take hold over the entire browser market.
Surfing Through the Digital Airwaves: A History of Internet Radio
Published: May 5, 2020
Internet Radio has been attempted so many times in the history of the web that it’s hard to keep track. With each time came a new innovation, and in most cases, a new way to fail.
Before the Wars, Browsers Were Everywhere
Published: April 21, 2020
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.
Let’s Talk About Elections on the Web
Published: March 3, 2020
The politics of campaigns have been massively influenced by the tonal shift of the web, and they will likely never be the same.
The Linguist and the Programmer
Published: February 4, 2020
A history of Perl, Python, and the websites that rely on them.
The First Website in the United States Was Made for Physicists
Published: January 21, 2020
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 Web and the Webbys Grew Together
Published: January 7, 2020
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.