The History of the Web

There is a lot out there about the dot-com bubble, and its subsequent burst. I tried to limit the scope […]

The Mosaic browser was released thirty years ago. It’s credited with a lot of firsts. When I wrote about Mosaic […]

I started this newsletter over five years ago. It started with a timeline and a single post. As I dug into research, I […]

Has the web become more productized?

There’s a word for what you’re feeling. It’s anemoia. And it’s completely made up.

You have a few options. How much time you got?

Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think

I recently went on a bit of a journey to figure out: did Queen Elizabeth surf the early web?

There’s one site that is connected to Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo!, Twitter, and many others. And you probably never think about it.

A single website changed his life, and set him on a path to activism, and ultimately, exile.

Pseudo.com is a forgotten relic of the dot-com era. Was it ahead of its time? A moonshot that went too far? Or simply a piece of elaborate performance art?

This week I have something a bit different, written by longtime newsletter author Ernie Smith, best known for his history […]