early internet
How Games Marketing Invented Toxic Gamer Culture
How early marketing campaigns for online gaming platforms suggested toxicity isn't a bug, it's a feature.
An Ode to the Social Media Platforms We Loved Before Facebook
Remembering a time when we weren't all on the exact same social network.
The Geocities Archive Is Bringing the Early Internet to Life
Come for the anime fansites, stay for the Spice Girls MIDIs
I Like Your Bangs
When we finally meet in person, years after I abandoned my account, I have to rub my eyes to make sure I hadn’t just blinked through a particularly vivid afterimage.
The Time Canada Wanted Its Own Internet Because It Thought the US Would Mess It Up
In the early 1970s, Canada envisioned a Trans-Canada Computer Communications Network free from US control.
The Women Pioneers of the Internet Say There Have Always Been Trolls
A new book released this week tells the untold stories of the internet’s early days.
Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
The Apple co-founder spent his own money, and more importantly, lots of his own time, showing us public school kids how to use the early internet.
An Obscure Peter Gabriel Benefit Concert Helped Bring the Internet to the World
It took a while for the internet to turn into a major global force, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. (Peter Gabriel deserves at least some of the credit.)
The Forgotten Early History of Fanfiction
Before Fifty Shades of Grey, early fanfiction authors carved out their own little homes on the burgeoning internet.
The Web 1.0 Music of Jerome LOL
Jerome LOL is a young artist who found his niche in reappropriating GIFs and images from the early days of the internet—a time he calls web 1.0. His work hits a certain nostalgic nerve, and if you remember Rihanna's 'SNL' performance with the dolphins...