The History of the Web

There’s a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in predictive technology, driven by sophisticated algorithms that provide real-time recommendations. And it was launched in 1995.

The Crash When the pieces began to fall in the early months of 2000, it happened quick. “It was the […]

1996 was the year of the city guide. By 1998, they were already gone.

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.

People thought a magazine about the web would never work. People thought a magazine about the web on the web would never work. They both did.

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.

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 politics of campaigns have been massively influenced by the tonal shift of the web, and they will likely never be the same.

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?

In an interview for her book Internet Art in 2004, writer Rachel Greene had this to say about why she felt […]

Ushahidi is a platform that uses the democratizing power of the web to open access to citizen journalists on the ground and shine a light where the truth is hidden.

Benjamin Sun and Omar Wasow met for the first time in 1999. They had both recently struck out on the […]