The Creation of the World Wide Web
Visual representation (map) of the internet
- The idea that started it all
- More on Tim Berners-Lee
- Most were not aware of the World Wide Web until 1993
- Designed to be a social medium
- Shaped the culture of the '90s
- Email connected people with convenience
- Forwarding allowed for sharing of entertainment (popular examples include The Hampster Dance, The Dancing Baby, and Peanut Butter Jelly Time)
- Browsers Like AOL and Yahoo made chat rooms popular
- Instant messaging provided an alternative to texting
- Changed business and marketing
- Corporations synchronized data and communication
- New forms of advertisement and sales