The Web in 1994 (Video)

If you know RCS, you can look at the evolution of WWW software development from the end of 1994 until May, 1997:

wget http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/www/RCS/brlewis.html,v

I remember that.

I also remember buying my first PC around that time - probably in 1992 or 1993. It included an OEM copy of MS Encarta, which seemed like a pretty useful app at the time...

It would be funny if there was a video about facebook. "This is Facebook. You can connect with your friends and see what they've been up to. Imagine the possibilities." - 2006.

Ten years later, the young people who would then be in their mid-20s would laugh at the people who did not realize its potential when they were 15. Duh!

To most of us, the web is obvious, and even Google seems obvious because many web portals and web directories existed with search ability--Google was just making it better--but to think of Facebook being huge is just not obvious to us. But, to the 14 year olds growing up, Facebook and MySpace are important for many things where Google is just good for researching stuff and images for school, and Wikipedia is good for getting basic information for school projects. In other words, I don't think most young people care about Google's apps other than search. (Sure, they might use Maps, but via embedded javascript in Facebook and MySpace in the future, and the Treos and iPhone come standard with a native GMaps application already.)

What ever happened to Digital? I remember seeing them up until the late 90's but not really after that.

Did 99% of websites really have the same background color?