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The History of the Web

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From the valley to the alley The Flatiron building is one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in New York City. Built at...
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The Flatiron building is one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in New York City. Built at the beginning of […] The post From the valley to the alley appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The web’s most important decision I got a bit caught up this month, so I had to delay a couple of things, but I’ll be […] The post The...
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I got a bit caught up this month, so I had to delay a couple of things, but I’ll be […] The post The web’s most important decision appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The Importance of Being on Usenet Ever wondered how people found about the web. The first transmission of its existence was a digital...
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Ever wondered how people found about the web. The first transmission of its existence was a digital one, a Usenet post that sparked a following of early web pioneers. The post The Importance of Being on Usenet appeared first on The History of the Web.
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What the Web Could Have Been Before the web, Gopher offered a way to connect to the Internet and share documents. And if things...
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Before the web, Gopher offered a way to connect to the Internet and share documents. And if things had gone a little differently, it might even be what we use to surf information today. The post What the Web Could Have Been appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The Origin of the IMG Tag Why is it the <img> tag instead of the <image> tag? The answer, it turns out, dates back to one of...
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Why is it the <img> tag instead of the <image> tag? The answer, it turns out, dates back to one of the web's earliest browsers and one of the web's earliest discussions. The post The Origin of the IMG Tag appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Why Do We Call it a Homepage? The word homepage came into popular use in the mid to late 90's, but it's origin dates back to the...
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The word homepage came into popular use in the mid to late 90's, but it's origin dates back to the web's beginning. The post Why Do We Call it a Homepage? appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The Web’s First (And Second) Browser The web's first browser featured full color, read/write capabilities, and multiple windows. The...
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The web's first browser featured full color, read/write capabilities, and multiple windows. The second browser was a text-only command line tool. Guess which one people actually used? The post The Web’s First (And Second) Browser appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The First Website in the United States Was Made for Physicists Tim Berners-Lee has said, on multiple occasions, the the first website in the US was one of the...
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Tim Berners-Lee has said, on multiple occasions, the the first website in the US was one of the major reasons the web took off. But what did it do and why was it so important? The post The First Website in the United States Was Made for Physicists appeared first on The History of...
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What Happens When You Enter a URL In Your Browser of Choice There’s this scene in the second season of The Crown (if you watch enough old movies, you’ll see the...
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There’s this scene in the second season of The Crown (if you watch enough old movies, you’ll see the same kind […] The post What Happens When You Enter a URL In Your Browser of Choice appeared first on The History of the Web.
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A Brief History of Hypertext Without hypertext, there would be no World Wide Web. But its name and conception predate the web's...
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Without hypertext, there would be no World Wide Web. But its name and conception predate the web's creation by decades. The post A Brief History of Hypertext appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Before the Wars, Browsers Were Everywhere Before browsers were truly cross-platform, there was a time when each operating system had their...
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Before browsers were truly cross-platform, there was a time when each operating system had their browser of choice, and it was tailored to the needs of those users. The post Before the Wars, Browsers Were Everywhere appeared first on The History of the Web.
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How We Searched Before Search Believe it or not, there was a time before search engines. Discovery on the web was far more...
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Believe it or not, there was a time before search engines. Discovery on the web was far more difficult. It was easy to get lost. That is, until a few different people created a map. The post How We Searched Before Search appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Dot-Com Part 1: Burning up Chapter 11: Dot-Com is live! Part 1 at least. I’m going to be sending out this chapter over the next...
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Chapter 11: Dot-Com is live! Part 1 at least. I’m going to be sending out this chapter over the next couple […] The post Dot-Com Part 1: Burning up appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Maybe we change things up a bit? I started this newsletter over five years ago. It started with a timeline and a single post. As I...
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I started this newsletter over five years ago. It started with a timeline and a single post. As I dug into research, I […] The post Maybe we change things up a bit? appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Reading about the dot-com era There is a lot out there about the dot-com bubble, and its subsequent burst. I tried to limit the...
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There is a lot out there about the dot-com bubble, and its subsequent burst. I tried to limit the scope […] The post Reading about the dot-com era appeared first on The History of the Web.
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History of the Web, the First 10 Chapters This is it! As of today, I’ve put all of the chapters I’ve written up on it’s own site. I’ve also...
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This is it! As of today, I’ve put all of the chapters I’ve written up on it’s own site. I’ve also […] The post History of the Web, the First 10 Chapters appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Mosaic in the rear view The Mosaic browser was released thirty years ago. It’s credited with a lot of firsts. When I wrote...
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The Mosaic browser was released thirty years ago. It’s credited with a lot of firsts. When I wrote about Mosaic […] The post Mosaic in the rear view appeared first on The History of the Web.
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This is what you’re nostalgic for There's a word for what you're feeling. It's anemoia. And it's completely made up. The post This is...
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There's a word for what you're feeling. It's anemoia. And it's completely made up. The post This is what you’re nostalgic for appeared first on The History of the Web.
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It’s 1997 and you want to build a website You have a few options. How much time you got? The post It’s 1997 and you want to build a website...
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Web Products Everywhere Has the web become more productized? The post Web Products Everywhere appeared first on The History...
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Web Apps, Web Sites, Are they all the Same? Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think The post Web Apps,...
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Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think The post Web Apps, Web Sites, Are they all the Same? appeared first on The History of the Web.