Shape Of The Web
summary
A brisk history and set of calls to action: the web shifts when images join text and a browser scales to 4.3 billion users, mobile drives that surge, and technologies like APIs PWAs and DevTools enable offline maps and in‑browser music. Concrete controversies and wins appear: the canonical Lena test image from Playboy still haunts image‑processing, documentation needs translation for global contribution, and community work like International Women's Day tech event IWDTO runs for years while India's first‑try Mars orbiter proves diverse teams can deliver.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:00Joke
- 2:00Introduction
- 4:00Where was I 10 years ago
- 5:00First access to the web
- 6:00Netscape Navigator
- 7:00Images
- 8:00Growth
- 9:00Offline
- 10:00Technology
- 13:00Mina Markham
- 14:00Indian Space Research Organization
- 15:00CS vs Non CS Beef
- 16:00Dope
- 17:00Basic
- 18:00Test Image
- 19:00The Wealthy Western Web
- 20:00Documentation
- 21:00Kerfuffle
- 22:00Conclusion
- 23:00Outro
