scrwd, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio that's fantastic - I entered the web job world around then too, both yourself and @adactio were definitely inspiration for me at that time. The web still seemed so exciting back then haha - it's been a pretty huge journey to where we are now and I'm glad to have experienced it.

schepie, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio @beep
Thanks for the great story. Reminds me how seminal the insights and contributions of you (plural) were back then. Look at my bookshelf. 🫡

Closeup of some books on a bookshelf about webdesign, HTML and CSS

jonhicks, 3 months ago

@schepie @adactio @beep I wish I had the energy to finish the rewrite of the Handbook!

Luke, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio what an inspiring story. Love that you’ve done this.

Paulmorriss, 3 months ago

@jonhicks I was pleased to see that TV guide you linked to is still working all these years later!

jonhicks, 3 months ago

@Paulmorriss It's not changed in all this time! 🙌

tbaxter, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio I’m currently attempting to rebuild a site that first went live in 1995. It’s a real trip. Interestingly the 2000 parts are less broken than the 2015 parts.

malarkey, 3 months ago

@jonhicks What? No <table> layout? Flippin’ amateur.

jonhicks, 3 months ago

@malarkey Of course there was at the start! But this is the 2003 where everything is laid out with absolute positioning 👌

malarkey, 3 months ago

@jonhicks Oooooh, them were’t’ days.

simoncox, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio

Wow - the poached site is claiming that Bill Oddie has teamed up with Konami last year! What a grift.

devolute, 3 months ago

@jonhicks @adactio Cute story. Incidentally, what a fast website!
I looked through it for pictures of your tattoo, but sadly couldn’t find one. Hey ho.