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The Intranet saved the Internet

Published: November 2, 2021

In 1998, Netscape announced a bold new plan to the world. One announcement was expected. The other took the tech world by surprise.

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Everyone Should Have Access to the Web

Published: November 17, 2020

The World Wide Web Foundation began as a way to bring the web to everyone. In these trying times, it is needed more than ever.

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What Happened to the Webmaster

Published: June 16, 2020

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

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Flash And Its History On The Web

Published: August 7, 2017

Flash is a definitive part of the web’s history. And like many technologies that get caught in the web’s web, […]

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Sorry Computer, You’re Not a Teapot

Published: November 19, 2019

You are reading this somewhere. On your laptop or on your phone or in your email or RSS reader. If […]

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Getting to the Picture Element

Published: August 20, 2018

The story of how responsive images made its way into the browser doubles as an inside look at the standards […]

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The Beginning of Black Girls Code

Published: May 8, 2017

My dream of starting BlackGirlsCode… was born out of this frustration that “blacks in tech” are often the unmitigated invisible […]

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Comparing the “Why” of Single Page App Frameworks

Published: January 22, 2019

The web is filled with rundowns of this JavaScript framework versus that one. But we don’t often take the time to understand why they were built in the first place.

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The (Mostly) Complete History of Layout on the Web and Responsive Design

Published: February 12, 2018

The web, as a visual and interactive medium, is still pretty new. Designing for the web has always meant striking […]

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Almost (Standards) Doesn’t Count

Published: March 12, 2018

In 2008, the team at Microsoft found themselves in quite the pickle. Let me back up. In 2002, the team […]

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Purple, Obama, and Single Serving Websites

Published: March 27, 2017

Over the years, the web has assumed a few forms. That of a technological catalyst, a representation of the the […]

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How to Use the Web To Show the Truth

Published: February 18, 2019

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.

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