The History of the Web

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February 2021 Weblog: A Healthy Web

Published: February 23, 2021

A report on the health of the Internet, and efforts to improve that health, bring us in to a new year.

Weblogs

January 2021 Weblog: Taking the Power Back

Published: January 27, 2021

This month, a look at the power center in tech in the wake of a move to de-platform hate, and what the future of the personal site might look like.

Weblogs

November 2020 Weblog: Weird Web, Independent Web

Published: November 24, 2020

Chapter 5 of my series is out now, so make sure to get caught up! Plus, the weird web of the past and the independent web of the future.

Weblogs

October 2020 Weblog: Finding the Web and Making Your Place

Published: October 28, 2020

This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story

Weblogs

September 2020 Weblog: Own Your Stuff, Learn About Fanfic

Published: September 29, 2020

If you’ve been following along with my series on CSS Tricks, well now you can listen to all of that great history, narrated by Jeremy Keith.

Weblogs

August 2020 Weblog: A Change in the Web

Published: August 27, 2020

The Complete History, by me If you haven’t seen it yet, the first three chapters of my ongoing series at […]

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July 2020 Weblog: It Can Be Our Web

Published: July 29, 2020

This month, finding your own space on the web, exploring the magic and quirks and possibilities of CSS, and (re)discovering community.

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April 2020 Weblog: Learning to Be on a New Web

Published: April 29, 2020

Our latest crisis has produced a different kind of web, and for many of us, a different attitude towards our online lives.

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March 2020 Weblog: Trying to Think about Something Else

Published: March 27, 2020

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

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February 2020 Weblog: We blog, you blog

Published: February 26, 2020

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

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January 2020 Weblog: It’s a New Year, Let’s Try New Things

Published: January 29, 2020

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

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December 2019 Weblog: I Hope Next Year Goes Better

Published: December 23, 2019

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

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The History of the Web is a project by Jay Hoffmann.

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