The History of the Web’s Monthly Blogroll, July 2018
Published: July 23, 2018
Back in the earlier days of the web, some blogs used to have a blogroll. Somewhere on their site, usually […]
What Is a PC Bang?
Published: June 11, 2018
While looking into the rather storied history of Internet Cafe’s, I found myself following a kind of tangential story about […]
What Does “Public” Mean in the Modern Online World
Published: April 13, 2018
danah boyd has studied social implications of our digital lives since the very beginning of her research career. In the […]
The O.J. Trial Comes Online
Published: March 20, 2018
In Chapter 2 of what I’m calling my complete history, I traced one of the most massive shifts in the […]
Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace
Published: March 20, 2018
”When you go to the Internet and you read about Judaism, you go straight to the intellect and the stereotypes […]
The Web’s Youngest Teacher
Published: February 1, 2018
If it was 1999, and you needed to learn to code, 13 year old Alyssa Daniels was there to help.
Women of the Web
Published: January 16, 2018
Last week, Sean Coates posted a question asking for names of women that helped to craft the web in its […]
One Step Ahead: How Pinboard Beat Delicious
Published: November 20, 2017
On December 16th 2010, sometime in the morning, employees at Yahoo gathered together for an all-hands staff meeting, addressing some […]
Whatever Happened to LiveJournal?
Published: October 16, 2017
If you’re on the web, chances are you’ve heard of LiveJournal. But you may not have heard of it lately. It […]
The Netscape Mosaic Coup
Published: September 11, 2017
In mid-April of 1994, Netscape co-founders Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark boarded a plane from Silicon Valley to Illinois, held […]
What’s With All the Internet Slang Anyway?
Published: January 1, 2004
This post starts with a book. This book: It’s called Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms. That’s my copy. It’s […]