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The Origin Story of Web 1.0 and 2.0 | by Christian Keil | Pronounced Kyle | Medium

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This is part two of a three-part series on how innovators build trust in new inventions. You can find part one here: “New technology has always been scary.” In 1990, over 227 million Americans had automobiles, 233 million had telephones, and 247 million had in-home electricity. These technologies took about 50 years to acquire their first 50 million users; infrastructure grew slowly but steadily, consumers learned to trust new tech, and as the twentieth century drew to a close, the innovations that shaped the previous century had finally achieved global scale. And then Netscape happened. On May 7, 1994, the internet became the world’s first overnight success. As its future CTO remembered the release: All the first downloads were from Japan and Australia, because they were awake. By the next morning, I don’t remember the exact numbers, but tens of thousands of copies had been downloaded. Now people take for granted that they’ll put out a version of something and a million copies will be

The Origin Story of Web 1.0 and 2.0 How the internet nearly died — but survived to dominate modern life Christian Keil 22 min read · Nov 29, 2021 -- Listen Share This is part two of a three-part series on how innovators build trust in new inventions. You can find part one here: “New technology has always been scary.” Press enter or click to view image in full size In 1990, over 227 million Americans had automobiles, 233 million had telephones, and 247 million had in-home electricity. These technologies took about 50 years to acquire their first 50 million users; infrastructure grew slowly but

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