It all started one lunchtime while I as at school. I had gone to the computer room to print some documents but found myself in the middle of a computer club. A 6th Former called Benedict had just started a lunchtime club for people who wanted to learn how to make websites. (6th Formers seemed like giants back in those days. Now they look about 10.) I had not paid much attention to the notices in assembly: if anything, I supposed that writing code would require graduate-level skills in mathematics and would be incompatible with a thriving social life.

“Save the file as index.html and open it in the web browser. And there it is, your first website!” A website? Just like that? I had to have a go. Continue reading »