The History of the Web

A report on the health of the Internet, and efforts to improve that health, bring us in to a new year.

This month, a look at the power center in tech in the wake of a move to de-platform hate, and what the future of the personal site might look like.

When the web was still knew, one man decided to get on his motorcycle and do something about it.

What follows is an excerpt from the latest chapter an ongoing series I’ve been writing for the last few months […]

When they opened their door to the public in the early 1990’s, Hot Hot Hot had over 320 hot sauce […]

The Complete History, by me If you haven’t seen it yet, the first three chapters of my ongoing series at […]

The fan fiction community is tough. Resilient. Fandom — a catch-all term that includes fan fiction writers, readers, and participants […]

Starting today, I will have an ongoing series at CSS-Tricks that we’re just calling Web History. It’s a chapter by […]

This month, finding your own space on the web, exploring the magic and quirks and possibilities of CSS, and (re)discovering community.

The webmaster was once a coveted and important role on the web. One day, it disappeared. This is what happened.

When I look at a story, sometimes I have to look past the history that has already been written to find the truth that was hiding behind it. This is one of those times.

Our latest crisis has produced a different kind of web, and for many of us, a different attitude towards our online lives.