Sir Tim Berners-Lee and 25 Years of Internet

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

On 12 March 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed a network of information sharing which would become the universally loved World Wide Web. Now 25 years later, the same brilliant mind is encouraging a net neutrality. Berners-Lee and a team of global advocates are campaigning for the Web to be free to everyone, and stand by their position that access to the internet is a basic …

Too Long, Help Me Read

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

We all can openly admit that we’ve skipped through those lengthy Terms of Service or License Agreements with a quick click, the content remaining an unsolved mystery. TL;DR Legal is a immensely helpful service founded by Kevin Wang, a 19-year-old software engineer and esteemed Thiel Fellow (banking him $100,000). Open-source software licenses are “explained and summarized in plain English”—a major resource for programmers and small …

The 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

A cocoon of woven fiberglass will grace Kensington Gardens this summer, as chosen Chilean architect Smiljan Radic embarks on this year’s Serpentine Pavilion program. Radic is one of the youngest and lesser-known architects to have been granted the honor, with previous years seeing the likes of “starchitects” Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel. That said, this will be one of the most odd and expressive structures …