Dylan Beattie: An Alternate History of the Web

NDC Conferences · Talk · 1 h 2 min · 2018 · YouTube title: The Web That Never Was - Dylan Beattie

Why it's here

HN commenters strongly recommend it as a fun alt-history of the web and bring it up whenever people muse about how the web could have been different.

What it covers

Dylan Beattie's entertaining NDC talk imagines an alternate history of the web, asking what if different decisions had been made on operating systems, browsers and standards. It blends real history with humor.