A lovely reflection on how those involved in #Netscape reimagined #software development and its #distribution in the early days of the web. As the Hoffman notes, "Netscape time is simply just time now."

The lasting influence of Netscape Time https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-lasting-influence-of-netscape-time/ #web #HistoryOfTheWeb #Internet

Since 2001, Wikipedia has become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. @wikipedia

Discover 25 years of Wikipedia here: https://wikipedia25.org

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25

#Wikipedia25 #25YearsOfWikipedia #FreeKnowledge #OpenKnowledge #InternetHistory #DigitalCulture #KnowledgeForAll #FromDialUpToNow #OnlineLearning #CollaborativeKnowledge #HistoryOfTheWeb #WikiLove #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #WikimediaFoundation #Wiki25

I launched my design agency in 1997.

Back then, "SEO" was stuffing keywords into meta tags and hoping Altavista noticed. The tools were tables and spacer.gifs.

Today, I'm auditing site architecture for semantic topic clusters and E-E-A-T signals.

The tech stack has completely changed in 28 years, but the core rule hasn't: Good design is clear communication, not just decoration.

#WebDesign #SEO #AgencyLife #WebDev #HistoryOfTheWeb #Brainbox

Netscape it's rise, fall, and eventual revenge

https://makertube.net/w/nMFwqa7733nkoCvKjBqkzo

Nice (and nostalgic) read: “Our Online Homes Need Infastructure”

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/our-online-homes-need-infastructure/

#HomePage #HomePages #PersonalWebSites #HistoryOfTheWeb #WebDev #WebDesign
#Nostalgia

If you enjoy #History and #Technology then check out the #HistoryOfTheWeb

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/timeline/

#Web #WebBrowser #WorldWideWeb #WWW #HTTP #HTTPS #Gopher #Usenet #Newsgroups #Net #TheNet #SurfTheNet #HTML #URL #Lynx #CGI #Yahoo #W3C #Netscape #Newgrounds #Ebay #Craigslist #Wikipedia #Friendster #Web1_0 #Web2 #Web1_5

Just ran across this AWESOME website that has a great guide to the history of the web from 1989 to 2020! It's a great looking site that has all kinds of interesting blurbs about important historical dates in the Internet's history.

(There's a form to enter your email on the front of the site if you want email updates etc, but I'm skipping straight to the timeline with this link here):

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/timeline

#history #InternetHistory #WebHistory #HistoryOfTheWeb

At The Web Conference track on the History of the Web, we will present "Wikidata: The Making Of" by Markus Krötzsch, @nightrose and me

Austin, TX, on May 2, 2023, at 10am

Paper will be published as Open Access soon

We prepared a trailer for the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxWs_BS31QE

Join us!

#Wikidata #SemanticWeb #TheWebConference #WWW2023 #HistoryOfTheWeb

This post on #HistoryOfTheWeb captures exactly what keeps bringing me back to Mastodon. It feels like the early web - a little clunky, kind of weird, but a place for us to start anew away from mainstream culture.

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/this-is-what-youre-nostalgic-for/