The Day(s) The Web Fought Back
Published: February 8, 1996
February 1, 1996 was an absolutely terrible day for Shabbir J. Safdar. Safdar believed deeply in the open web, so […]
The Online World of High Taste and Rock Music
Published: December 2, 1995
This is a small chunk of history of rock music on the web. It begins in Santa Cruz. Michael Goldberg […]
Surfing Through the Digital Airwaves: A History of Internet Radio
Published: November 14, 1995
Internet Radio has been attempted so many times in the history of the web that it’s hard to keep track. With each time came a new innovation, and in most cases, a new way to fail.
The Web After Suck
Published: October 3, 1995
A web magazine springs up from the depths of Hotwired, and captures the imagination and attention of a growing web audience.
The 10-Day Programming Language (Is Kind of a Myth)
Published: September 18, 1995
In 1995, Netscape Navigator was enjoying a meteoric rise to the top of the browser market. They had only released […]
eBay, API’s, and the Connected Web
Published: September 3, 1995
There’s this story about Ebay and Pez that used to go around. It goes something like this: Pierre Omidyar, the […]
A Sense of Community: From Newgrounds to MLKSHK
Published: July 6, 1995
Communities on the web often formed around common interests and niches. As they grew, their utility began to shift to more mainstream elements
The History of Rewriting PHP
Published: June 8, 1995
If you work on the web, you know that with software, things don’t always go right the first time. The […]
Why Batman Forever is so Important for the Web
Published: May 25, 1995
You may have heard the name Jeffrey Zeldman before. He’s often referred to as the godfather of the web, and […]
Discovering the True Meaning of the Web
Published: April 29, 1995
In the late 1980’s, Aliza Sherman moved to New York City and took a job in the music business, helping […]
Salon, Slate, and a History of the Tricky Business of Publishing Online
Published: April 18, 1995
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.
The Books That Shaped How We Learn About the Web
Published: March 2, 1995
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.