The Sites of The Useless Web

The Sites We Lost

A memorial to the weird little corners of the internet that lived on The Useless Web.

The Missing Building Blocks of the Web

At a time when millions are losing trust in the the web’s biggest sites, it’s worth revisiting the idea that the web was supposed to be…

My journey to the heart of the forgotten internet

Slowly but surely, huge swaths of the internet are vanishing. But the artefacts of the early web are still out there, and they have lessons for the future.

The Disappearing World Wide Web

Fare thee well, oh honey...

Dead Simple Sites — Minimal Web Design Inspiration & Gallery

A curated gallery of the most minimal, clean websites on the internet. No animations, no scroll jacking — just pure, simple web design inspiration. Updated weekly.

How the Web Was Lost – James Gleick

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Webby Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen WittFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 389 pp., $30

It's time to rebuild the web

The web was never supposed to be a few walled gardens of concentrated content owned by a few major publishers; it was supposed to be a cacophony of different sites and voices.

We can have a different web

Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.

The Group That Rules the Web

Billions of humans will use the Web over the next decade, yet very few of those people are in a position to define what is “the Web” and what isn’t.

rip.so :: the digital graveyard

A memorial to the messengers, social networks, browsers and websites the internet forgot.

The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers

This blog post was published on March 18, 2020. It might be out of date, have broken images or links, or simply contain bad ideas and opinions that didn't stand the test of time. Please read generously!

What We Lost When We Quit Using Crappy Old Web Forums

Old web forums were poorly coded and rough around the edges, but maybe we gave up on them too quickly in the social media era.

Federated Webrings

In the glory days of web 1.0, social websites would prominently link out to their digital neighbors via lists known as webrings; magical doorways to an expansive hinterland of digital villages.

A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online

How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online

How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.