https://theforgottenweb.com/ Old essays, blogs, forum posts, and useful web pages selected by a human and linked back to source. en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0200 https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2005/04/housing-speculation-is-key.html https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2005/04/housing-speculation-is-key.html Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Independent diagnosis from before the crash became obvious. markets that aged well https://web.archive.org/web/20030713130936/http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html tag:forgotten-web.local,2003:shirky-group-enemy Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 It reads like a field manual for every platform community failure that followed. pre-platform culture https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/ Mon, 11 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0000 A durable warning against smooth tools, black boxes, and fake simplicity. old programming blogs https://web.archive.org/web/20001018220805/http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html tag:forgotten-web.local,2000:blood-weblogs-history Thu, 07 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000 It preserves human selection: someone found a thing, thought about it, and linked with voice. pre-platform culture https://alistapart.com/article/dao/ https://alistapart.com/article/dao/ Fri, 07 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000 Responsive web thinking before responsive design had a name. web architecture https://web.archive.org/web/20090201221343/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269071/index.htm tag:forgotten-web.local,1999:buffett-stock-market Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 A calm valuation note written while the room was drunk. markets that aged well https://web.archive.org/web/19990428175931/http://www.camworld.com/journal/rants/99/0126.html tag:forgotten-web.local,1999:barrett-anatomy-weblog Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0000 An early attempt to describe what weblogs were becoming: links, commentary, voice, and human selection. pre-platform culture https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000 A small manifesto for permanent links: links as promises, not disposable plumbing. web architecture https://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ https://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0000 The LambdaMOO article that made online harm, governance, and embodied text impossible to wave away. pre-platform culture https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0000 It explains half the software world with an uncomfortable little knife. old programming blogs https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Still one of the sharpest texts about organizations, communities, and informal control. weird useful corners https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ Sat, 01 Oct 1932 00:00:00 +0000 Old enough to be public-domain furniture, sharp enough to cut modern work culture. weird useful corners