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The Web Is Made of Links

The Web Is Made of Links

A talk given at The Web Is, in Cardiff, October 2014

This talk is a short ode to the defining element of the Web: The Link. We look at what a link is, how it has defined the Web and why it is important to protect and maintain this humble building block.

http://theweb.is
#thewebis

Phil Hawksworth

October 30, 2014
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  1. BE CONSERVATIVE IN WHAT YOU DO, BE LIBERAL IN WHAT

    YOU ACCEPT 7 7 – Jon Postel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
  2. AITCH TEE TEE PEE DOUBLE MEH – Alex Sexton 7

    protocol domain top level domain path fragment querystring
  3. IT'S JUST A CYNICAL ATTEMPT TO INCREASE SEARCH & EARN

    MORE FOR GOOGLE – The angry hoard 7 7
  4. THE URL IS THE SHARE BUTTON OF THE WEB, AND

    IT DOES THAT BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PLATFORM 7 7
  5. LINKABILITY AND SHAREABILITY IS KEY TO THE WEB, WE MUST

    NEVER LOSE THAT – Jake Archibald 7 7 http://jakearchibald.com/2014/improving-the-url-bar/
  6. I’M GENUINELY SHOCKED THAT JAKE THINKS THAT CHROME HIDING URLS

    IS A GOOD THING – Jeremy Keith 7 7 https://adactio.com/journal/6779
  7. UNTIL NOW, THEY COULD COPY THE “LINK” FROM THE TOP

    OF THEIR BROWSER AND PASTE IT INTO AN EMAIL, OR A TEXT MESSAGE – Jeremy Keith 7 7 https://adactio.com/journal/6779
  8. @philhawksworth “Welcome to Taco Bell! Give me your phone, and

    we’ll be happy to take your order when I’m done looking through it!” 7 7 @Wilto https://twitter.com/wilto/status/527165005792555008
  9. #276AD9 #3E6FD9 #3A6FDE #326AED #366AEC #4078ED #2F6FEC #3084DE #276DE5 #287DEC

    #306DD9 #377CE2 #356DE2 #3776DE #3A6AE8 #2D6AE0 #3679DD #276EDE #3A73E0 #356AF0 #307EE1 #277EE1 #2C6AE2 #3578E8 #3D6BED #3079E7 #276BE7 #2B6AE9 #367DEC #306CE2 #3373ED #406AE8 #2D6AED #2C6DE1 #3579E5 #3671F2 #276BE7 #2B6AEC #2A73DE #356DDE #4285F4 #41SHADES
  10. @philhawksworth LINKS http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html http://blog.whatfettle.com/2008/10/06/the-uri-is-the-thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson http://www.thewebisagreement.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle http://jakearchibald.com/2014/improving-the-url-bar https://adactio.com/journal/6779 http://warpspire.com/posts/url-design

    http://hawksworx.com/blog/unobtrusify-your-javascript http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Telecommunications_Plc._v._Prodigy http://www.google.com/patents/US4873662 http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#linkTypes http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/High_Tech_Telecoms_Internet/ Offline_and_falling_behind_Barriers_to_Internet_adoption
  11. @philhawksworth THANKS Ted Nelson The URI is the thing Unveiling

    of The URI Is The Thing Man drawer Daisy chain Harbour https://www.flickr.com/photos/matlocktest/37349112 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickwebb/2918883446 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickwebb/2918034747 https://www.flickr.com/photos/vandinglewop/7993315350 https://www.flickr.com/photos/tekdiver/3434765820 https://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/6226051676