Paul Jacobson

Tag: Web

  • The blog helped build the Web, not break it

    The blog helped build the Web, not break it

    I read some wonderful ideas about personal sites as cultivated digital gardens over the weekend (here, here, here, and here), and one post that was linked to in one of these posts caught my attention. It was Amy Hoy’s post titled “Stacking the Bricks: How the Blog Broke the Web“. We built every new page…

  • The original WorldWideWeb browser has been revived … in your modern browser

    The original WorldWideWeb browser has been revived … in your modern browser

    This is an awesome project: In December 1990, an application called WorldWideWeb was developed on a NeXT machine at The European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN) just outside of Geneva. This program – WorldWideWeb — is the antecedent of most of what we consider or know of as “the web” today. In February 2019,…

  • The humble hyperlink that changed the world

    This is a great video that highlights how the simple hyperlink has revolutionised how we work with information. It made the Web possible!

  • Online publishing will not die if Medium fails

    Online publishing will not die if Medium fails

    Medium has pivoted again and its success could hold the key for a more sustainable online publishing industry. Even if it fails, it won’t mean the death of publishing.

  • The Web is still important for writing

    The Web is still important for writing

    I have this recurring thought that the Web is a wonderful platform for writing and publishing. I love writing for the Web and think there is so much more I could do with it, given the right opportunities.

  • One of the weirdest Firefox unboxing videos ever!

    One of the weirdest Firefox unboxing videos ever!

    When it comes to unboxing videos, this Firefox unboxing video is the weirdest I’ve ever seen! I have Firefox set as my default browser on my work laptop, primarily for performance reasons: Chrome is just too heavy for my somewhat underpowered Lenovo laptop, even running Ubuntu Linux.

  • The web was built by hand

    The web was built by hand

    I’ve been a Firefox fan since Firefox was in pre-1.0 beta. Even though it isn’t my primary browser at the moment (wait 5 minutes, my defaults can change without notice), I still love what it stands for and the work the Mozilla Foundation is doing. This video nicely encapsulates that mission: I love this idea…

  • How communications networks harvest your data to personalize your Web experience

    This video is beautifully designed and made and nicely explains how data collected by our communications networks is sold and used to personalize our experience of the Web and the ads that are presented to us on the Web.