TokenLists: Missing Web DNA | briankardell
A long long time ago, in a browser far far away, Brendan Eich introduced what would become known as “DOM Level 0” – basically: Simple reflective properties that allowed you to acc…| briankardell
A long long time ago, in a browser far far away, Brendan Eich introduced what would become known as “DOM Level 0” – basically: Simple reflective properties that allowed you to acc…| briankardell
This post is part of my personal notes in a larger effort in thinking about benefits now that are currently specified in Shadow DOM, but contentious and held up in committee. We’ll work it o…| briankardell
Chances are pretty good that you’ve seen at least one of the many articles and tweets flying around lately about Web Components and Frameworks. For the past week I’ve watched as all sor…| briankardell
A few weeks ago I gave a talk in Pittsburgh, PA at Code and Supply. It was recorded if you would rather watch the video (the actual talk is ~40 minutes, the video captures some of the Q&A after…| briankardell
If you’re not a comic book nerd, or a comic movie nerd, I suppose an explanation is necessary: In the Marvel Universe, there is a genetic mutation in some humans called “the X-geneR…| briankardell
For almost as long as there has been a Web to write about, people have been prognosticating the death of the Web. Mine is a different kind of prediction, but as I look into my crystal ball, I̵…| briankardell
It’s early 1994. AT&T has purchased Go and PenOS (see Part I) and now they are pulling the plug. SmartSketch FutureSplash (again, Part I) won’t be released. Its makers Jonathan Gay…| briankardell
Part I and Part II of this series attempt to set the creation of the Web, the first Web browser and early attempts to publicly share Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s idea of “the Web” into s…| briankardell
Part II of “A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe” aka “The Boring Posts”. No themes, no punch, just history that I hope I can use to help explain where my own perspectives on a whole bunch of …| briankardell
There are a couple of posts that I’ve been wanting to write, but in each of them I keep finding myself wanting to talk about historical context. Explaining it in place turns out to be too ha…| briankardell
