Saluting the unassuming wiki, 20 years after its launch
The unassuming wiki, server-based software that allows users to create, revise, edit, update, and delete Web content, last week marked the 20th anniversary of its launch online, in what was … Continue reading
Talking Internet history, and 1995
I had the pleasure recently to be interviewed by the Internet History Podcast, an outstanding and expanding online resource based on the recognition that 1995 was a turning point in … Continue reading
‘Calvin and Hobbes’ was best ended in 1995
The weekend’s Wall Street Journal carried an outstanding tribute to the still-missed “Calvin and Hobbes” newspaper comic, the last original strip of which appeared at the end of 1995. The … Continue reading
Clinton, his portrait, and the persistent shadow of scandal
The long reach of 1995 was reconfirmed the other day in the interview a portrait artist gave to a Philadelphia tabloid. The artist, Nelson Shanks, said in the interview that … Continue reading
‘The Internet? Bah!’ Classic off-target essay appeared 20 years ago
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the publication date of a commentary about the Internet so breathtakingly off target that it has become something of an online cult classic. The … Continue reading
Dow opening today at record: Reminiscent of 1995
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens this morning at an all-time record high, having topped 18,140 points in trading Friday. It’s faintly reminiscent of the Dow’s cracking another barrier, that … Continue reading
Part Two: Interview takes up scandal, and ’90s ‘zeitgeist’
My interview with Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, took up the affair between President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky — a furtive and improbable dalliance … Continue reading
Part One: Highlights of ‘1995’ interview with Reason.com
Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, recently spoke with me about my latest book, 1995: The Year the Future Began. The video and the transcript of the interview … Continue reading
20 years on: Recalling O.J.’s wretched bestseller
Claiming top spot on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list 20 years ago was a wretched, narcissistic little book nominally written by O.J. Simpson, who then was on trial … Continue reading
Recalling the quaint early struggles to describe the Web
With considerable uncertainty and obvious tentativeness, news outlets 20 years ago struggled to describe the then-new phenomenon of the World Wide Web. Their tentativeness seems quaint nowadays, and a bit … Continue reading
The 1995 Blog 