Making a Framework for the Web

It started with a simple manifesto. A manifesto posted online with 37 guiding principles, small phrases showcasing big ideas like “We See People” and “Not Full Service” and “We Don’t Throw Curves.” The website was a list of rules for a web design agency to follow, created by Jaso … | Continue reading


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Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace

”When you go to the Internet and you read about Judaism, you go straight to the intellect and the stereotypes fall away.” – Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen wanted to spread the message of Judaism to the world. He was, after all, a member of the Orthodox Jewi … | Continue reading


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The Unlikely Pioneers of the Early Web

How many websites are there? That’s not an easy question to answer. The web is, by its very nature, decentralized and global and super difficult to properly account for. A feature that we’re more and more finding is both a blessing and a curse. Best estimate for that number right … | Continue reading


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The Winding Tale of Neopets

Neopets was a massively successful and inclusive digital world, but I think people focus far too much on its advertising model. There’s so much more to the site. The site spawned its own unique economic simulacrum, had a tenuous connection to Scientology, a constantly shifting de … | Continue reading


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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 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. | Continue reading


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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 creation by decades. The post A Brief History of Hypertext appeared first on The History of the Web. | Continue reading


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