Back in the mid-1990s I read an absolutely amazing article that had a lasting impact on my thinking. Despite looking for it several times over the years, I’ve never been able to find it again. This was the era of 14.4k, 28.8k, and 56k modems, when we used our home landlines to dial up and connect to the internet. The article’s main argument was that, just as architects have to understand and account for gravity in their designs of bridges and buildings, web architects have to understand a...
