Our industry is not well documented. I think #WebDesign #WebDev #UX #UI would benefit from historical storytelling. Your voices, shared anecdotes - strong and authentic. Battliing Wikipedia biases is not for me. If you like this idea, say so. Thank you for walking along with me.
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Yes. When you posted photos on Facebook, I was surprised how little recognition there was of the people and the events they were involved in. The story of how we got here should be told.
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In w3c spec parlance I suggest that the word should should be changed to must! I felt the same thing but I had a Harbinger when I spoke to the Indiana folks doing a history of web design for their PHD and while lovely guys had no fucking clue about ie6 or the CSS zen garden Etc
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Yeah, I thought your photo of Dave on FB was a gimme and yet ... that's not trivial, either. Well, I'm in. How do we build The Real History of the Web?
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We tell our stories is my thought (and by we I mean everyone and anyone who has lived and worked the Web in some formative way). I want to talk and write and document with all interested and publish CC or open source via mollydotcom domain I get back on 28th. All input welcome!
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Easy start: post photos of key events/meetings (as you did on FB), ask people to identify and tell story: what, who, when, why, what came next; link that to a timeline maybe like @johnallsop's at webdirections.org/history/.
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Exactly that and also conversations interviews podcasts whatever Gets the story told through many eyes because we are after all the world and wide!
Aug 8, 2020 · 10:42 PM UTC
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