1990: Programming the World Wide Web – Web Development History
Ah, this brings back memories of hacking on the WorldWideWeb project at CERN!
(Not the original one. I’m not that old. I mean the recreation.)
The web is a miracle
I wonder what kinds of conditions would need to be true for another platform to be built in a similar way? Lots of people have tried, but none of them have the purity of participation for the love of it that the web has.
Related links
FOREVERYONE.NET
I linked to this a while back but now this great half hour documentary by Jessica Yu is ready and you can watch the whole thing online: Tim Berners-Lee, the birth of the web, and where the web has gone since.
In the scenes describing the early web, there’s footage of the recreated Line Mode Browser—how cool is that‽
The Man Who Invented The Web - TIME
This seventeen year old profile of Tim Berners-Lee is fascinating to read from today’s perspective.
Answers for young people - Tim Berners-Lee
Many, many years ago, Tim Berners-Lee wrote this page of answers to (genuinely) frequently asked questions he got from school kids working on reports. I absolutely love the clear straightforward language he uses to describe concepts like hypertext, packet switching, and HTTP.
Tim Berners-Lee ~ The World Wide Web - YouTube
There’s something very endearing about this docudrama retelling of the story of the web.