"As the internet became more interactive over 1995, it became a more attractive place for musicians to set up a web presence. David Bowie was one of the first to do this."

cybercultural.com/p/david-bowi…

#internet #TheWeb #EarlyWeb #music #musicians #DavidBowie

David Bowie’s Early Websites, 1995–1997: Outside to Earthling

During the mid-90s, David Bowie's website went from a storytelling structure for the Outside album, into a striking, grunge-inspired design for Earthling. At the same time, Bowie fan sites emerged.

^{Richard MacManus (Cybercultural)}

It was on this day 36 years ago when @timbl submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web.

"In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.

[...]

His boss’s response?

“Vague, but exciting.”"

vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30t…

#OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting

The World Wide Web — not the internet — turns 30 years old

The World Wide Web was conceived on March 12, 1989, by computing legend Tim Berners-Lee.

^{Aja Romano (Vox)}