FrontPage tried to solve an important problem in the early-internet era—the idea of making web design accessible to mere mortals—but the code wasn't so hot.
Search Engine Etiquette: Never, Ever Ask for a Backlink
Businesses want to show up on the front page of a specific search term, and they’re willing to annoy you to get a backlink from you. Please never do this.
Will the In-Flight Entertainment System Survive COVID-19?
The in-flight entertainment system was once a novel idea that kept passengers enthralled. Now in the COVID-19 era, it’s both outdated and a serious germ hazard.
Test Pattern History: How Color Bars Became a TV Staple
The history of color bars, the most common television test pattern out there, and what they actually do. (Also, Netflix has some weird test programming.)
BBS Graphics History: Pretty Awesome, Until the Web Showed Up
Most people remember bulletin board systems as having chunky text-based graphics. One developer tried fixing that, but RIPscrip ran head-first into the web.
Early Digital News: Newspapers' Many Online Experiments
Newspapers said they wanted to protect the print product, but they were raring to go when it came to experimental online news approaches in the early '80s.