Today's research challenge: can anyone figure out:
1. Who first decided that August 1st should be "World Wide Web Day"
2. Why they picked that date
3. When the first World Wide Web Day was celebrated
This is proving surprisingly hard to figure out. Anyone able to solve this?
https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112887358018807204
Simon Willison /
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2024-08-01 15:45:25
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