The History of the Web

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

It might seem strange to talk about books on the web, but when designers first turned to books for a way to learn about the web, Lynda Weinman and Jennifer Robbins showed them the way.

The web has always belonged to all of us. That is to say its protocols and underlying technology are products […]

This is a small chunk of history of rock music on the web. It begins in Santa Cruz. Michael Goldberg […]

In the first few years of the web’s spread to ubiquity, traditional news publishers moved online. But a new kind of publisher was also born, one that was native to the web, with a whole new set of rules.

Jessica Livingston has a passion for the web’s future. It’s what lead her, in March of 2005, to quit her […]

In the late 1980’s, Aliza Sherman moved to New York City and took a job in the music business, helping […]

I’ve been digging into the history of search engines and centralized platforms lately. Mostly my goal has been to uncover […]

How many websites are there? That’s not an easy question to answer. The web is, by its very nature, decentralized […]

Neopets was a massively successful and inclusive digital world, but I think people focus far too much on its advertising […]

Geocities is likely a site you’ve heard of. It may even have been a site that you used. It’s origin, and the movement it later inspired, is an incredible story of self-expression and serendipity.

I could have titled this “A Tale of Two Acquisitions,” but I already used that one. Still, we’re going to […]