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A website for everyone
In the earliest days of the web, Derek Powazek set out to create a website meant for sharing.
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4 weeks ago
In the earliest days of the web, Derek Powazek set out to create a website meant for sharing.
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Thinking more about Netscape Time
Netscape time's influence has gone far beyond Netscape itself, and tis a legacy that we still...
3rd Jun 2026
Netscape time's influence has gone far beyond Netscape itself, and tis a legacy that we still wrestle with on the web. We probably always will.
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The lasting influence of Netscape Time
After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a...
12th May 2026
After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a documentary crew and a ghost writer, we have a full view of the whole thing.
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Prepping for the endgame of the open web
Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare.
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7th Apr 2026
Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare.
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Did you want that link to be permanent?
Permalinks are commonplace on the web. But it took the rise of blogging to codify them, and bring...
11th Feb 2026
Permalinks are commonplace on the web. But it took the rise of blogging to codify them, and bring them out into the world. And it all started with a single exchange of blogs.
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Information is still free
Blogging is so fundamentally native to the web that twenty years of commoditization has left it...
7th Jan 2026
Blogging is so fundamentally native to the web that twenty years of commoditization has left it relatively untouched. We share information, freely.
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Chatting about Shadow DOM
I had a chance to go on Igalia Chats and walk through the history of Shadow DOM with Eric Meyer,...
5th Dec 2025
I had a chance to go on Igalia Chats and walk through the history of Shadow DOM with Eric Meyer, Brian Kardell, and Jeremy Keith. It was a fun, and pretty light discussion, but I learned a ton.
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What happened to the comment section?
In 1998, Bruce and Susan Abelson launched Open Diary. Building on personal site builders like...
11th Nov 2025
In 1998, Bruce and Susan Abelson launched Open Diary. Building on personal site builders like Geocities, Angelfire, and Tripod, Open […]
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Feeling Less Lonely
I'm reflecting on a lot of really interesting responses I got last month to my article about feeling...
7th Oct 2025
I'm reflecting on a lot of really interesting responses I got last month to my article about feeling lonely on the web. And maybe now, I'm feeling a bit less so. So thank you to everyone who responded.
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Stumbling upon
Something like a channel changer, for the web. That's what the idea was at first. But it led to a...
9th Sep 2025
Something like a channel changer, for the web. That's what the idea was at first. But it led to a whole new path of discovery that even the site's creators couldn't have predicted.
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