The History of the Web

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.

The Spot was a webisodic soap opera that was as well-crafted as it was packed with drama. It boomed on the web for several years, and then faded away with virtually no trace. Until now.

March has been a weird month, but the web trudges onward.

This month is all about blog posts, from pesonal experiences with the web to the long-term effects of social media.

The first newspaper published online is not what you think. It began with the smallest of steps, when a group of students chose to experiment with the web.

Quick personal note. Now seems like as good a time as any to try out a few new things on […]

This decade was not great for the web… There’s more than a few decade retrospective think-pieces making the rounds right […]

This post starts with a book. This book: It’s called Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms. That’s my copy. It’s […]

Join me at Flashback Conference, February 10-11 in Orlando In February, I’ll be in Orlando, Florida giving a talk at […]

Web communities started small, and many began with purpose. They radiated out from a single source, spread through close-knit circles […]

A Great Reckoning I missed this last month, but if you read one thing from this months weblog, I ask […]