From designing interfaces to designing systems

How it came to the concept known as design systems.

Wait, what’s a bookmarklet?

How a tiny browser quirk became a tool for decades.

We’ve been waiting 20 years for this

“The indie web may be back, likely in a way we least expect.”

The analog web

“What you create on the web can be whatever you want it to be.”

Where does SEO come from?

From early web discovery to the SEO industry of today.

“The web wasn’t built by solo tech geniuses, or finance firms, or luminaries with grand promises. It was time, and energy, compounded by millions of people. Collective action will be what brings us to the next era of the web.”

Progressive enhancement brings everyone in

“An idea that has lasted for two decades, and will continue.”

Can directories rise again?

“It may be once again time for the surfers.”

We are still the web

It’s the audience that makes the web again.

“The amount of information that’s been shared and compiled as a result of the web is incalculable. It’s one of the greatest achievements of modern history.”

Did you want that link to be permanent?

How permalinks became commonplace on the web.