Essays
Essays and notes.
- Servers Simplified The most important computer made. Servers are the most important computer. They are what allow the websites you visit to work. Servers are what power companies and the data they need. Without servers, the world […]
- Bulletin Board Systems: The Origins of the Internet Explaining Bulletin Board Systems Back in the 1980s, there wasn’t a way to connect to one another via a computer. Talking about your interests required meeting up in person. In 1979, 2 engineers came up […]
- The Reason Apple Dominates Spoiler it’s the closed Apple ecosystem Apple draws you in with 1 piece of hardware. Everything looks and feels high quality. It’s an experience. The experience is not what keeps you spending lots of money. […]
- The simple way computers work Explain computers like I’m 5. Computers are intricate machines but the way they work is simple. You type into the keyboard. What you type ends up on the screen. You go to a website and […]
- WIFI made simple Explaining wireless internet Everyone uses WiFi without an understanding of what they’re using. WiFi is in your home or at a place of business. It’s different from the cellular data you get from your mobile […]
- The first portable storage devices All about floppy disks Floppy diskettes were the first way to carry around files and store files. You might recognize them from the icon you use to save your files in apps today. They were […]
- Modems made simple Your connector to the Internet From the 1980s through the late 1990s, the dial-up modem (modulator-demodulator) was used most. Dial-up internet wasn’t available for the general population until 1992. Once it was available the dial-up […]
- The original chat rooms: IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Easy explanation of Internet Relay Chat IRC (Internet Relay Chat) was the starting point for products you use today. Similar cloud-based products you might be familiar with are Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Telegram. But […]
- Hey, what’s an IP Address? IP addresses explained An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is like your home address but for computer networks and the internet. Imagine you are trying to send a letter to a friend through the post […]
- Explain Open Source Software like I’m 5 Open Source Software simplified Open-source software is the most important software in the tech industry. Open source means the code (language written for a computer to process) is available for collaboration. A lot of open-source […]