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How to Block IE6

Published: January 18, 2024

If it’s the early 2000s you might make a dire decision: it’s time to block IE6.

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Wait, what’s a bookmarklet?

Published: October 25, 2023

How this one small browser quirk turned into a tool used by countless people for decades.

AOL Pretends to be the Internet

Published: September 6, 2023

In 1994, Ted Leonsis was the head of the new media marketing firm he created, Redgate Communications, spun out six […]

When the wizards of the web met

Published: August 1, 2023

On July 28, 1993, a group of web pioneers met in a small room for a few days. For many, it was the first time they had ever met.

The web’s most important decision

Published: April 30, 2023

I got a bit caught up this month, so I had to delay a couple of things, but I’ll be […]

Reading about the dot-com era

Published: February 21, 2023

There is a lot out there about the dot-com bubble, and its subsequent burst. I tried to limit the scope […]

Mosaic in the rear view

Published: January 24, 2023

The Mosaic browser was released thirty years ago. It’s credited with a lot of firsts. When I wrote about Mosaic […]

Maybe we change things up a bit?

Published: January 10, 2023

I started this newsletter over five years ago. It started with a timeline and a single post. As I dug into research, I […]

Web Products Everywhere

Published: November 22, 2022

Has the web become more productized?

This is what you’re nostalgic for

Published: August 2, 2022

There’s a word for what you’re feeling. It’s anemoia. And it’s completely made up.

It’s 1997 and you want to build a website

Published: July 5, 2022

You have a few options. How much time you got?

Web Apps, Web Sites, Are they all the Same?

Published: May 17, 2022

Is a website the same as a web application? That question is older than you think

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