Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web!

file0001936934915What were you doing in 1993? That year a gallon of gas cost about $1.16, a movie ticket was $4.14 (and you’d see Jurassic Park or Sleepless in Seattle), and Bill Clinton was President of the United States. Want to know what else? On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web became public and free to use.

The physicist Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the hyperlink protocol that supported what he called “the WorldWideWeb Project.” He also created the very first web page. To mark today’s anniversary, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has brought back this page and you can see it here. We’ve sure come a long way in 20 years, haven’t we?

If you’re interested in reading a brief history of Berners-Lee’s contribution to the development of the Internet, this article is really quite interesting.

Happy Birthday, World Wide Web. It’s been a great 20 years!

Missy works on the Corporate Communications team and reports stories to TDS employees and customers. This is right up her alley because she’s an extrovert and also a big fan of research (really, she’ll look up just about anything that strikes her interest). Missy is a native of Madison, Wis. with an undergraduate in Anthropology and a master’s degree in Life Sciences Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her interest in the Internet as a mass media shaped her work towards a PhD in Journalism and Mass Communications. She’s also worked as an editorial assistant, copywriter, and production artist. In her off hours, Missy is a crafter, Pinterest addict, reader, wife, and mom of two kids.

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