Weblogs
Your monthly link roundup, web focused, history adjacent
Want to Get in Touch? and a November 2020 Weblog
Recently, I’ve been told that my email has been bouncing some messages back, so if you tried to email me in the last few months, I probably didn’t get it. I’m working on it, but in the meantime I setup a new email, so please reach out at jaywebhistory@gmail.com Anyway, here’s what I’ve been reading… Continue reading
The Great Reckoning Comes Around: August 2021
My ongoing research has me taking another look at the Browser Wars and thinking about how they’re retelling themselves in real-time today. Continue reading
May 2021 Weblog: Communities Long Gone
A look at how we can save our websites from ourselves, and the stories that keep us going. Continue reading
April 2021 Weblog: Holding on to our History
When websites disappear, how do we make sure that our history is preserved? Continue reading
March 2021 Weblog: Trusting in the Standard
A look at the work that standards makes possible, and the kinds of hypertext that were never fully realized Continue reading
February 2021 Weblog: A Healthy Web
A report on the health of the Internet, and efforts to improve that health, bring us in to a new year. Continue reading
January 2021 Weblog: Taking the Power Back
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. Continue reading
November 2020 Weblog: Weird Web, Independent Web
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. Continue reading
October 2020 Weblog: Finding the Web and Making Your Place
This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story Continue reading
September 2020 Weblog: Own Your Stuff, Learn About Fanfic
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. Continue reading
August 2020 Weblog: A Change in the Web
The Complete History, by me If you haven’t seen it yet, the first three chapters of my ongoing series at CSS Tricks is up. I’m going through the entire history of the web from the beginning, in order, chapter by chapter. It’s the most in-depth writing I’ve done and I’m incredibly proud to have the… Continue reading
July 2020 Weblog: It Can Be Our Web
This month, finding your own space on the web, exploring the magic and quirks and possibilities of CSS, and (re)discovering community. Continue reading